In the current year, Abe gives an interest in a passive activity to his daughter, Andrea. The value of the interest at the date of the gift is $25,000, and its adjusted basis to Abe is $13,000. During the time that Abe owned the investment, losses of $3,000 could not be deducted because of the passive activity loss limitations. What is the tax treatment of the suspended passive activity losses to Abe and Andrea?

Labor unions have used which of the following to win passage of favorable laws such as shorter work weeks and the minimum wage? a. strikes b. collective bargaining c. lobbying d. lockouts

Janis owns and operates a store in a country experiencing a high rate of inflation. in order to prevent the value of money in her cash register from falling too quickly, janis sends an employee to the bank four times per day to make deposits in a interest-bearing account that protects the store's revenues from the effects of inflation. this is an example of the (menu costs/ unit of account costs/ shoesleather costs) of inflation. pick one

Of the four types of discharge, firing a. results from an employee's poor performance⎯that is, from his or her failure to fulfill expectations.b. is for-cause dismissal⎯the result of employee theft, gross insubordination, release of proprietary information, and so on.c. usually refers to the temporary unemployment experienced by hourly employees and implies that they are "subject to recall."d. designates the permanent elimination of a job as a result of workforce reduction, plant closing, or departmental consolidation.