position pays $137,000 in wages. Assume Ekiya has no dependents. Ekiya deducts the standard deduction instead of itemized deductions, she is not eligible for the qualified business income deduction, and she did not make any charitable donations. (Use the tax rate schedules!) Required: a. What is the amount of Ekiya's after-tax compensation (ignore payroll taxes)? Note: Round your intermediate calculations and final answers to the nearest whole dollar amount. b-1. Suppose Ekiya receives a competing job offer of $130,000 in wages and nontaxable (excluded) benefits worth $7,000. What is the amount of Ekiya's after-tax compensation for the competing offer? Note: Round your intermediate calculations and final answers to the nearest whole dollar amount. b-2. Which job should she take if taxes are the only concern? EXHIBIT 3-1 Present Value of a Single Payment at Various Annual Rates of Return 4% 5% 6% 7% 8% 9% 10% 11% 12% Year 1 0.962 0.952 0.943 0.935 0.926 0.917 0.909 0.901 0.893 Year 2 0.925 0.907 0.890 0.873 0.857 0.842 0.826 0.812 0.797 Year 3 Year 4 0.889 0.864 0.840 0.816 0.794 0.772 0.751 0.731 0.712 0.855 0.823 0.792 0.763 0.735 0.708 0.683 0.659 0.636 Year 5 0.822 0.784 0.747 0.713 0.681 Year 6 0.790 0.746 0.705 0.666 0.630 0.650 0.621 0.596 0.564 0.535 0.507 0.593 0.567 Year 7 0.760 0.711 0.665 0.623 Year 8 0.731 0.677 Year 9 0.627 0.703 0.645 0.592 Year 10 0.676 0.614 0.558 0.508 0.583 0.547 0.513 0.482 0.582 0.540 0.502 0.467 0.434 0.404 0.544 0.500 0.460 0.424 0.391 0.361 0.463 0.422 0.386 0.352 0.322 0.452 Year 11 0.650 0.585 0.527 Year 12 0.625 0.557 0.497 0.475 0.429 0.388 0.350 0.317 0.287 0.444 0.397 0.356 0.319 Year 13 0.601 Year 14 0.577 Year 15 0.530 0.469 0.415 0.368 0.326 0.505 0.442 0.388 0.340 0.299 0.263 0.232 0.286 0.257 0.290 0.258 0.229 0.205 0.555 0.481 0.417 0.362 0.315 0.275 0.239 0.209 0.183