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Indicate weather the following transactions will be included in that is, directly increase the GDP of the United Sextes.

Treetopplers, a U.S. lumber company, produces wood at a plant in Oregon on September 19, 2020. It sells the wood to Buildit and Partners, a developer, for use in the production of a new house that will be built in the United States in 2020. (Note: Focus exclusively on whether production of the wood increases GDP directly, and ignore the effect of production of the new house on GDP.) An accountant starts a client's 2020 tax return on April 14, 2021, finishing it just before midnight on April 15, 2021.


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Answer:

Treetopplers, a U.S. lumber company, produces wood at a plant in Oregon on September 19, 2020. It sells the wood to Buildit and Partners, a developer, for use in the production of a new house that will be built in the United States in 2020. - it will not be included

An accountant starts a client's 2020 tax return on April 14, 2021, finishing it just before midnight on April 15, 2021. - excluded

Explanation:

Gross domestic product is the total sum of final goods and services produced in an economy within a given period which is usually a year

GDP calculated using the expenditure approach = Consumption spending by households + Investment spending by businesses + Government spending + Net export

Consumption spending includes spending by households on goods and services. Consumption spending includes :  

spending on durables - e.g. laptop  

spending on nondurables - e.g. clothes, food

spending on services  - e.g. payment of hospital bill  

the purchase of a textbook by a student is an example of consumption spending on durable goods

Investment - It includes purchases of goods and services made by businesses in the production of goods and services

the airplane purchased by the airline would be used to provide services for airline customers. Also, the packing boxes bought by Amazon would be used in delivering goods to customers  

Government spending - It includes government consumption expenditure and gross investment.  The purchase of a new  limousine for the president is an example of consumption expenditure

Items not included in the calculation off GDP includes:  

1. services not rendered to oneself

2. Activities not reported to the government  

3. illegal activities

4. sale or purchase of used products

5. sale or purchase of intermediate products

The wood sold is an intermediate good and would not be included in the GDP

The tax returns would be included in 2021s GDP and not in 2020