Matt works for Fresh Corporation. Fresh offers a cafeteria plan that allows each employee to receive $15,000 worth of benefits each year. The menu of benefits is as follows:

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Matt works for Fresh Corporation. Fresh offers a cafeteria plan that allows each employee to receive $15,000 worth of benefits each year. The menu of benefits is as follows:
 

Benefit Cost
Health insurance—single $ 5,000
Health insurance—with spouse $ 8,000
Health insurance—with spouse and dependents $ 11,000
Dental and vision $ 1,500
Dependent care—any specified amount up to $5,000 Variable
Adoption benefits—any specified amount up to $5,000 Variable
Cash—any specified amount up to $15,000 plan benefit Variable
401(k)—any specified amount up to $10,000 Variable


For each of the following independent circumstances, determine the amount of income Matt must recognize and the amount of deduction Fresh may claim: (Leave no answer blank. Enter zero if applicable.)

ANSWER IS NOT 5,250 or 5,000, or 0 for Fresh may deduct

b. Matt selects the single health insurance benefit, is reimbursed $5,000 for dependent care, and takes the remainder in cash.

 

Matt must recognize: $5,000

Fresh must deduct: ???

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