Income Tax Fundamentals 2020
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Author: WHITTENBURG
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Chapter 4, Problem 15MCQ
To determine
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Gross income is the starting point for calculating a taxpayer’s liability. It includes all the income from any sources unless there is an exception in the law. In gross income, non-cash items are included at the fair market value. These incomes are excluded from
To explain: The true statement about rental of real estate
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A loss on the sale of a taxpayer's personal residence is deductible if the taxpayer owned and lived in the home for two of five years.
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Tamar owns a condominium near Cocoa Beach in Florida. In 2023, she incurs the following expenses in connection with
her condo:
Insurance
Advertising expense
Mortgage interest
Property taxes
Repairs & maintenance
Utilities
Depreciation
$ 1,000
500
3,500
900
650
950
8,500
During the year, Tamar rented out the condo for 75 days, receiving $10,000 of gross income. She personally used the
condo for 35 days during her vacation. Tamar's itemized deduction for nonrental taxes is less than $10,000 by more than
the property taxes allocated to the rental use of the property.
Assume Tamar uses the IRS method of allocating expenses to rental use of the property.
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Income Tax Fundamentals 2020
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