Chapter 5—Introduction to Business Expenses 1. Tina, Terri, and Tricia operate Capstone Fashions an exclusive boutique. e. $140,000 2. To be deductible, the dominant motive for incurring an expense must be d. the intent to earn a profit. 3. Which of the following is an example of a business purpose as dominant motive? b. Only statement II is correct. 4. The Business Purpose Concept means c. Both statements are correct. 5. The legislative grace concept dictates that business expenses are grouped into certain categories that include d. Statements II and III is correct. 6. A reference to a business expense means c. Both statements are correct. 7. A reference to a …show more content…
e. Statements I, III, and IV are correct. 23. An ordinary expense c. Both statements are correct. 24. An ordinary expense a. Only statement I is correct. 25. Which of the following is not a required test for the deduction of a business expense? a.|Be personal in nature.| 26. Ann CPA operates a financial and d. reasonable. 27. Which of the following payments are currently deductible? I.|Sweeney Corporation purchases a grinding machine costing $40,000.| II.|Amber’s Construction Company pays the tuition for Karl’s son. Karl is a local building inspector and has no other relationship with the company.| d.|Neither statement is correct.| 28. Which of the following payments are currently deductible? I.|Steve is a self-employed attorney. He pays another attorney $14,000 to represent him in a lawsuit that alleged that he had failed to adequately represent his client.| II.|Connie has an investment portfolio in excess of $450,000. She pays Chris $350 to do an analysis of her investments and make recommendations on restructuring the portfolio.| c.|Both statements are correct.| 29. Which of the following is a currently deductible trade or business expense. c.|$25,000 fee paid to a TV station to advertise a new product.| 30. Which of the following is/are currently deductible trade or business expenses? I.|Membership dues to an environmental lobbying group.|
b. How does the mission relate to the type of products the company sells? (1-3
Maria defers $100 of gain realized in a section 351 transactions. The stock she receives in the exchange has a fair market value of $500. Maria 's tax basis in the stock will be $400. True
7. In capitalism, most businesses have a profit motive. Describe at least one reason that businesses with a profit motive may be helpful for society and at least one reason that they may be harmful for society. Then, explain whether you think profit motive is a good thing or a bad thing for society. (4-7 sentences. 2.0 points) At least one reason businesses with profit motive is helpful is because
b. As a salesperson, Alyssa incurred $2,000 in travel expenses related to her employment that were not reimbursed by her employer.
Tax rate schedules are provided for use by (relatively) higher income taxpayers while the tax tables are provided for use by (relatively) lower income taxpayers.
investor should invest $369.35 in asset A and the remaining $630.65 in asset B. The
1. The local Mastermind store sells innovative educational toys. Part of their service is giving advice to customers about the best toys for a particular age group, which requires having more customer service representatives in the store. During the month long Christmas buying season, it makes half of its $500,000 yearly sales. Its contribution margin on average is 40% and its fixed costs for the year are about $150,000. The owner believes that she could make even higher sales, if she had more customer service representatives on the floor during the peak season. She plans on hiring four more people for 200 hours each at $20 per hour. How much additional revenue does she have earn to the nearest dollar
In accordance with IFRS, presentation of financial information in the statement of profit or loss requires that expenses be classified based on either their nature or function within the operation. IAS 1.99 states that “an entity shall present an analysis of expenses recognized in profit or loss using a classification based on either their nature or their function within the entity, whichever provides information that is reliable and more relevant.” IAS 1.101 further explains, “expenses are sub classified to highlight components of financial
Determine the requirements for Mr. Boston to deduct miscellaneous itemized education expense deductions on Schedule A.
Tax deductions are allowed to taxpayers only if specifically authorized by the Internal Revenue Code. Deductions allowable to individual taxpayers fall into four categories: trade or business expenses, expenses incurred for the production of income, losses, and personal expenses. In addition to discussing the general requirements for deductibility for each of the above types of expenses, this chapter also discusses the tax treatment of many commonly encountered expenses incurred by taxpayers, from trade or business expenses such as rent, insurance, interest, taxes, bad debts, etc. to employee business expenses (travel, transportation, etc.) to
2. St. Luke’s Convalescent Center has $200,000 in surplus funds that it wishes to invest in marketable securities. If transaction costs to buy and sell the securities are $2,200 and the securities will be held
Prepare income statements at two successive levels of responsibility. Also, compute the return on assets for two investment centers and use data in several managerial decisions. 60 Strong 22.5 A,B Butterfield, Inc./Sotheby, Inc. Given income statements at two levels of responsibility, students are asked to make several decisions based upon the data and to explain the “disappearance” of the common costs as the responsibility centers are redefined.
responsibility. On one hand we know that the primary objective of a business is the attainment
showed Mrs. Carter the job estimation sheet, it laid out the numbers showing that Lambeth could not do the job for less than $1,625. Right there Lambeth would lose $125 since Mrs. Carter was not willing to pay any more than $1,500, not to mention their $275 profit. If the company would have taken the job for $1,500, instead of $1,900, they would have lost a total of $400.
Philip Chin has a total marketing budget of $308,000, but after salaries, fees, and planned marketing programs, only $54,000 remains for the discretionary marketing program. Evaluate each of the following four marketing programs for criteria listed (one sentence for each criteria):