Carrot Corporation, a C Corporation, Has a Net Short-Term Capital

question 77

Multiple Choice

Carrot Corporation, a C corporation, has a net short-term capital gain of $65,000 and a net long-term capital loss of $250,000 during 2015. Carrot Corporation had taxable income from other sources of $720,000. Prior years' transactions included the following: Compute the amount of Carrot's capital loss carryover to 2016.

• A) $0
• B) $32,000
• C) $45,000
• D) $185,000
• E) None of the above

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Definitions:

Marginal Utility

The supplementary utility or enjoyment obtained by consuming an additional unit of a good or service.

Consumer Surplus

Consumer surplus is the difference between the total amount that consumers are willing and able to pay for a good or service and the total amount that they actually pay.

Deadweight Loss

Reductions in combined consumer and producer surplus caused by an underallocation or overallocation of resources to the production of a good or service. Also called efficiency loss.

Producer Surplus

is the difference between what producers are willing to accept for a good or service versus what they actually receive, due to market prices.