During the Current Year,Ralph Made the Following Contributions to the University

question 92

Multiple Choice

During the current year,Ralph made the following contributions to the University of Oregon (a qualified charitable organization) :
Cash
$63,000
Stock in Raptor,Inc.(a publicly traded corporation)
94,500
Ralph acquired the stock in Raptor,Inc. ,as an investment fourteen months ago at a cost of $42,000.Ralph's AGI for the year is $189,000.What is Ralph's charitable contribution deduction for the current year?

• A)$56,700
• B)$63,000
• C)$94,500
• D)$157,500
• E)None of the above

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Definitions:

Purely Competitive Market

A market structure characterized by a large number of sellers offering identical products, where no single seller can influence the market price.

Average Fixed Cost

The costs in production that remain constant regardless of output level, when divided by the produced output quantity.

Economic Profit

The difference between a firm's total revenues and its total costs, including both explicit and implicit costs, representing the excess over the firm's opportunity costs.

Purely Competitive Seller

A market participant who has no control over the price of the product it sells because the market sets the price through supply and demand.