54. Calculating Annuities. You have recently won the super jackpot in the Washington State Lottery. On reading the fine print, you discover that you have the following two options:…
Under annuity option, Lottery takes all the money and invests to fund in 26-years annuity and gives payments to winner.…
The lottery rules say that winners are to be paid $10 million in the form of 10 annual payments of $1 million each. Assuming that the interest rate is 10% and the payments are to be made at the end of each of the next 10 years, how much money does your lottery organization have to deposit in an account today in order to make the required payments to a lottery winner?…
For this scenario, using the formula, PV=FVn/(1+r)n for the present value where n represents number of years in the sequence and r represents the rate, which in this case is the opportunity rate of 6%, the present value of the second alternative is $10,070,000. The calculation for this equation is PV($10m) = $5.5m/(1.06) + $5.5m/(1.06)(1.06) = $5.18m + $4.89m = $10,070,000.…
In order to reduce the taxable amount of income for both (a) and (b) John would be better off in taking his $300,000 in annuity payments, rather than one lump sum. It will help John to lower his tax rate because his adjusted gross income is lower.…
One reason is, mathematically speaking there’s a small chance at winning because there are so many people who have entered. “Allen.” Mr. Summers said. “Anderson….Bentham.” (3). In the actual lottery today people win an enormous amount of money. The real lottery you are actually…
When one usually thinks of the word “lottery”, their first thoughts usually go to winning a prize.…
7. What lump sum should be deposited in an account that will earn at an annual rate of 8%, compounded quarterly, to grow to $140,000 for retirement in 15 years? $137,052.73 $42,335.45 $24,137.93…
Most state lotteries now provide the winner with the option of receiving an equal annual amount over 20 or 30 years, or a lump sum up front. Which would you choose? How do you think the lottery calculates the lump sum? Is the advertisement of the prize total entirely truthful?…
Q23: Calculating Annuities You are planning to save for retirement over the next 30 years. To do this, you will invest $700 a month in a stock account and $300 a month in a bond account. The return of the stock account is expected to be 10 percent, and the bond account will pay 6 percent. When you retire, you will combine your money into an account with an 8 percent return. How much can you withdraw each month from your account assuming a 25-year withdrawal period?…
3. Unemployment Rate : When the unemployment rate is high, lottery becomes one of the most promising way to transform the people life situations. Greater percentage of income has been spent on lottery product at people with lower income level.…
11. Calculating Present Values. You have just received notification that you have won the 1 million first prize in the Euro Lottery. However, the prize will be awarded on your 100th birthday (assuming you’re around to collect), 80 years from now. What is the present value of your windfall if the appropriate discount rate is 12 per cent?…
Separation pay can be offered to the employee being laid off. Severance pay typically sums to a week or two of pay for each year the employee worked at the company. In most cases to receive severance an employee will have had to work for the employer for more than a year.…
We have been noticing a change of power on the American workplace and it is becoming an employee favorable market again and if this trend continues we will see applicants more demanding in pay, benefits and incentives. Furthermore, as the economy continues to get better and better, companies are constantly competing, innovating benefits and incentives to attract or retain talent. Tuition reimbursement is one of those benefits that an employer might offer. How it works; if an employee participates on this benefit, he or she must pay out of pocket for the courses they take and when the course or courses are over, the employee can get back some or all the tuition expenses. Employer sets the amount reimbursed allowed by IRS. In addition there are…
What would you do if, for example, you won a million dollars in the lottery? Never mind your chances of winning are just slightly better than the chances of being abducted by aliens. Even so, winning the lottery is a favorite daydream for a lot of us.…