Many involve 1) vending machines for candy, soda, snacks or personal care items, 2) display racks for greeting cards, compact discs, perfume or similar items, or 3) opportunities to buy into medical billing or envelope stuffing businesses or activities related to the Internet.

option (d) $1.40 taxable income rather than $1.00 tax-exempt income

Explanation:

The taxpayer would prefer option (d) $1.40 taxable income rather than $1.00 tax-exempt income

The above statement will be chosen because in this case the after tax income will be greater than the tax exempt according to the condition given in the question

Given:

Marginal Tax bracket = 25%

thus,

Taxable income = $1.40

Tax = $1.40 × 0.25 = $0.35

Therefore,

The net income = Taxable income  - Tax = $1.40 - $0.35 = $1.05

and,

$1.05 > $1.00