Charlotte (age 40) is a surviving spouse and provides all of the support of her four minor children, who live with her. charlotte also maintains the household in which her parents live, and she furnished 60% of their support. besides interest on city of miami bonds in the amount of $5,500, charlotte’s father received $2,400 from a part-time job. charlotte earns an $80,000 salary, a short-term capital loss of $2,000, and a cash prize of $4,000 at a church raffle. charlotte reports itemized deductions of $10,500.

a. compute charlotte's taxable income.

b. using the tax rate schedules , tax liability for charlotte is $ for 2018.

c. compute charlotte's child and dependent tax credit.

You receive a memo from the vice president of procurement responding to your query. he writes: “it will be very important to maintain product continuity. we have a large base of devoted customers. we want to make sure that the quality and key characteristics of island knight stay the same through this transition. talk to frank, our consulting professional perfumer, for more information about the cologne. seasonal variations in costs are the single most significant factor in our deciding to go with another supplier, so finding a way to limit that should be the top priority. the overall marginal costs and shipping costs are probably somewhat less significant. you may want to talk to cindy, the product manager for island knight, regarding pricing information about the product.” what is the best action to take next?