Bruce and Amanda are married during the tax year. Bruce is a botanist at Green Corporation. Bruce earns a salary of $56,000 per year. Green Corporation has an accountable reimbursement plan. During the year, Bruce has $5,000 of employee expenses. Green Corporation reimburses

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Bruce and Amanda are married during the tax year. Bruce is a botanist at Green Corporation. Bruce earns a salary of $56,000 per year. Green Corporation has an accountable reimbursement plan.

During the year, Bruce has $5,000 of employee expenses. Green Corporation reimburses Bruce for only $4,000 of expenses.
Bruce decides to put $5,500 into a Traditional IRA.

Amanda owns a financial consulting firm as a sole proprietor (it qualifies as a full trade or business). Amanda generates $80,000 of revenues during the year. She has the following business payments associated with her firm:
● Utilities: $2,000
● Office Rent: $14,000
● Self-Employment Tax: $5,000
● Salary for her secretary: $20,000
● Fines/Penalties: $8,000
● Payroll Taxes (Employer Portion): $1,000
● Business Meals: $2,000
● Bribe to police officer to forgive parking violation $1,500
Due to the income and expenses above, Amanda has $39,500 of Qualified Business Income.

Also, during the year a tornado damaged the roof of their personal residence. They purchased the home five years ago for $250,000. The value of the home after the tornado was $200,000. Bruce and Amanda do not know the fair market value of the home immediately before the tornado, but the repair cost was $20,000. The home is located in a federally declared disaster area.


They also have the following personal expenses during the year:
· Medical Expenses: $18,750
· State & Local Taxes $4,000
· Federal Income Tax Payments: $6,000

The personal exemption amount for the tax year is: $0 The standard deduction amounts are listed below:
Single: $12,200, Head of Household: $18,350, Married Filing Jointly: $24,400

Questions:

1. What amount of Amanda's gross buiness revenue is included in Gross Income? _____________________

2. How much of a deduction does Bruce get ofr the contribution to his IRA? ____________________

3. Bruce and Amanda's Gross Income: __________________

4. What is the total deductible amount of Amanda's busines expenses? ________________________

5. Bruce and Amanda's Adjusted Gross Income: ____________________

6. Whatis the deductible amoun tof their medical expenses after limitations? ________________________

7. What is the deductible amount of their deductible casualty loss after limitations? ___________________

8. What is the total deductible amount of their allowable itemized deducitons after limitations? (Do not include QBI deduciton for this answer) __________________________

9. What is the amount of their Qualified Business Income deduction? ______________________

10. Bruce and Amanda's Taxable Income: _____________________

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