Sylvana is given a job offer with two alternative compensation packages to choose from. The first package

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Sylvana is given a job offer with two alternative compensation packages to choose from. The first package offers her $250,000 annual salary with no qualified fringe benefits. The second package offers $235,000 annual salary plus health and life insurance benefits. If Sylvana were required to purchase the health and life insurance benefits herself, she would need to pay $10,000 annually after taxes. Assume her marginal tax rate is 33 percent.
a. Which compensation package should she choose and by how much would she benefit in after-tax dollars by choosing this package?
b. Assume the second package offers $240,000 plus the benefits instead of $235,000 plus benefits. Which compensation package should she choose and by how much would she benefit in after-tax dollars by choosing this package?
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Taxation Of Individuals And Business Entities 2015

ISBN: 9780077862367

6th Edition

Authors: Brian Spilker, Benjamin Ayers, John Robinson, Edmund Outslay, Ronald Worsham, John Barrick, Connie Weaver

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