In 2016, Jill, age 35, received a job offer with two alternative compensation packages to choose from. The first package offers her $125,000 annual salary with no qualified fringe benefits, requires her to pay $3,200 a year for parking, and pay her life insurance premiums at a cost of $2,100. The second package offers $115,000 annual salary, employer-provided health insurance, annual free parking (worth $310 per month), $212,000 of life insurance (purchasing on her own would have been $2,100 annually), and free flight benefits (she figures that it will save her $6,250 per year). If Jill chooses the first package, she would purchase the health and life insurance benefits herself at a cost of $5,500 annually after taxes and spend another $6,250 in flights while traveling. Assume her marginal tax rate is 28 percent. (UseExhibit 12-10.)(Round your intermediate computations to the nearest whole dollar amount.)

a-1.Which compensation package should she choose?

Package 1 offers her $125,000 annual salary with no qualified fringe benefits.Package 2 offers $115,000 annual salary plus health and life insurance benefits.

a-2.How much would she benefit in after-tax dollars by choosing this compensation package instead of the other compensation package?

b-1.Assume the first package offers $138,000 salary with no qualified benefits instead of $125,000 salary plus benefits. Which compensation package should she choose?

Package 1 offers her $138,000 annual salary with no qualified fringe benefits.Package 2 offers $115,000 annual salary plus health and life insurance benefits.

b-2.How much would she benefit in after-tax dollars by choosing this package?