Pam retires after $28$ years of service with her employer. She is $66$ years old and has contributed $$42,000$ to her employer's qualified pension fund, all of which was taxable when earned. She elects to receive her retirement benefits as an annuity of $$3,000$ per month for the remainder of her life.

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a$.$ Assume that Pam retired in June $2022$ and collected six annuity payments that year. What is her gross income from the annuity payments in the first year?

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b$.$ Assume that Pam lives $25$ years after retiring. What is her gross income from the annuity payments in the twenty$-$fourth year?

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c$.$ Assume that Pam dies after collecting $160$ payments. She collected eight payments in the year of her death. What are Pam's gross income and deductions, if any, from the annuity contract in the year of her death?

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Loss deduction: $