Marcus is scheduled to receive annual payments of $3,600 for each of the next 12 years. The discount rate is 8 percent. What is the difference in the present value if these payments are paid at the beginning of each year rather than at the end of each year?

In a chapter 7 bankruptcy, a debtor:

Agovernment receives a gift of cash and investments with a fair value of $200,000. the donor specified that the earnings from the gift must be used to beautify city-owned parks and the principal must be re-invested. the $200,000 gift should be accounted for in which of the following funds? a) general fund b) private-purpose trust fund c) agency fund d) permanent fund

Atrough in the business cycle occurs when