Christopher is a self-employed cash-method, calendar-year taxpayer, and he made the following cash payments related to his business this year.

Calculate the after-tax cost of each payment assuming Christopherhas a 37 percent marginal tax rate.(Do not round intermediate calculations and round your final answer to the nearest dollar amount.)

b.$1,500 of interest on a short-term loan incurred in September and repaid in November. Half of the loan proceeds were used immediately to pay salaries and the other half was invested in municipal bonds until November.

c.$950 for office supplies in May of this year. He used half of the supplies this year and he will use the remaining half by February of next year.