In 2016 Jill age 35 received a job offer with two alternativ

In 2016, Jill, age 35, received a job offer with two alternative compensation packages to choose from. The first package offers her $125,000 annual salary with no qualified fringe benefits, requires her to pay $3,200 a year for parking, and pay her life insurance premiums at a cost of $2,100. The second package offers $115,000 annual salary, employer-provided health insurance, annual free parking (worth $310 per month), $212,000 of life insurance (purchasing on her own would have been $2,100 annually), and free flight benefits (she figures that it will save her $6,250 per year). If Jill chooses the first package, she would purchase the health and life insurance benefits herself at a cost of $5,500 annually after taxes and spend another $6,250 in flights while traveling. Assume her marginal tax rate is 28 percent. (Use Exhibit 12-10.) (Round your intermediate computations to the nearest whole dollar amount.) a-1. Which compensation package should she choose? Package 1 offers her $125,000 annual salary with no qualified fringe benefits. Package 2 offers $115,000 annual salary plus health and life insurance benefits. a-2. How much would she benefit in after-tax dollars by choosing this compensation package instead of the other compensation package? b-1. Assume the first package offers $138,000 salary with no qualified benefits instead of $125,000 salary plus benefits. Which compensation package should she choose? Package 1 offers her $138,000 annual salary with no qualified fringe benefits. Package 2 offers $115,000 annual salary plus health and life insurance benefits. b-2. How much would she benefit in after-tax dollars by choosing this package?

Solution

a1.

In $

In $

Offer 1

Offer 2

Annual Salary

125000

115000

Tax @28%

35000

32200

Post Tax Salary

90000

82800

82800

a.2 - She Should Choose Package 2 as its more beneficial than PAckage 1 by  $ 7,750

b 1 - Assuming that Package 1 offers $ 138,000

She should Choose Package 1

b2 - Its more beneficial by $ 7860