Nana Is a Self-Employed Consultant

question 86

Multiple Choice

Nana is a self-employed consultant.For the past five years,she has used an extra bedroom (15% of the house) in her home as a qualifying home office and deducted $9,000 of depreciation expense.This year she sells the house for $740,000.The house cost $500,000.Nana is single.She will recognize gain on the sale of the house of

• A)$0.
• B)$9,000.
• C)$45,000.
• D)$249,000.

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Unit Sales Volume

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A measure of how sensitive a company’s operating income is to a change in its sales volume, indicating the proportion of fixed versus variable costs.

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The decisions that a company makes regarding the financing mix, dividend policies, and investment strategies to maximize shareholder value.

Business Risk

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