Income Tax Fundamentals 2020 (with Intuit Proconnect Tax Online)
Income Tax Fundamentals 2020 (with Intuit Proconnect Tax Online)
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ISBN: 9780357108239
Author: Gerald E. Whittenburg, Martha Altus-Buller, Steven Gill
Publisher: Cengage Learning
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Chapter 8, Problem 15P

Annie develops a successful tax practice. She sells the practice to her friend Carol for $54,000 and moves to Florida to retire. The tax practice has no assets except intangible benefits such as the goodwill and going-concern value Annie has developed over the years. How should Carol treat the $54,000 cost of the tax practice she has purchased?

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