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Individual proprietors report their business income and deductions on:

A) Form 1065.
B) Form 1120S.
C) Schedule C.
D) Schedule A.
E) Form 1041.

F) A) and D)
G) D) and E)

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Shadow Services uses the accrual method and reports on a calendar year. This year Shadow agreed to a uniform-cleaning contract with Odie Cleaning. Under the contract Odie bills Shadow for cleaning services as the services are provided. At year-end Shadow paid Odie $2,350 for the services rendered during the year. In addition, Shadow paid Odie $700 for cleaning services expected in January of next year. What amount, if any, can Shadow deduct for the cleaning services this year?

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$3,050.
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The Internal Revenue Code authorizes deductions for trade or business activities if the expenditure is "ordinary and necessary."

Ajax Computer Company is an accrual-method calendar-year taxpayer. Ajax has never advertised in the national media prior to this year. In November of this year, however, Ajax paid $1 million for television advertising time during a "super" sporting event scheduled to take place in early February of next year. In addition, in November of this year the company paid $500,000 for a one-time advertising blitz during a professional golf tournament in April of next year. What amount of these payments, if any, can Ajax deduct this year?

Joe operates a plumbing business that uses the accrual method and reports on a calendar year. This year Joe signed a $50,000 binding contract with Brian. Under the contract Brian will provide Joe with up to 2,000 hours of vehicle repairs at $25 per hour. This year Brian provided 200 hours of repair services and billed Joe for $5,000. At year-end Joe had not paid Brian for the services. What amount, if any, can Joe deduct for the repair services this year?

Taffy Products uses the accrual method and reports on a calendar year. On July 1^st of this year Taffy paid $48,000 for warehouse rent and $18,000 for insurance on the contents of its warehouse. The rent and insurance cover the next 12 months. What amount, if any, can Taffy deduct for rent and insurance this year?

Mike operates a fishing outfitter as an accrual-method sole proprietorship. On March 1^st of this year Mike received $15,000 for three outfitting trips. This is the first time Mike agreed to such a payment and he is obligated to outfit one trip per year for the next three summers, beginning this year. How much income must Mike recognize in each of the next three years if he is attempting to minimize his tax burden?

Clyde operates a sole proprietorship using the cash method. This year Clyde made the following expenditures: $480 to U.S. Bank for 12 months of interest accruing on a business loan from September 1 of this year through August 31 of next year even though only $160 of interest accrued this year. $600 for 12 months of property insurance beginning on July 1 of this year. What is the maximum amount Clyde can deduct this year?

Which of the following is a true statement about travel that has both business and personal aspects?

A loss deduction from a casualty of a business asset is only available if the asset is completely destroyed.

Sandy Bottoms Corporation generated taxable income (before depreciation, interest expense, and any tax loss carryovers) of $3 million this year. Taxable income included $75,000,000 of revenue and $350,000 of interest income. What is Sandy Bottoms's domestic maximum interest expense deduction for the year?

Reasonable in amount means that expenditures can be exorbitant as long as the activity is motivated by profit.

The full-inclusion method requires cash-basis taxpayers to include prepayments for goods or services into realized income.

Riley operates a plumbing business, and this year the three-year-old van he used in the business was destroyed in a traffic accident. The van was originally purchased for $20,000 and the adjusted basis was $5,800 at the time of the accident. Although the van was worth $6,000 at the time of accident, insurance only paid Riley $1,200 for the loss. What is the amount of Riley's casualty loss deduction?

Sole proprietorships must use the same tax year as the proprietor of the business.

Which of the following is a true statement about impermissible accounting methods?

Adjusted taxable income for calculating the business interest limitation is defined as taxable income of the taxpayer computed without regard to any item of income, gain, deduction, or loss that is not properly allocable to a trade or business.

Ed is a self-employed heart surgeon who lives in Michigan and has incurred the following reasonable expenses. How much can Ed deduct? $1,000 in airfare to repair investment rental property in Colorado. $500 in meals while attending a medical convention in New York. $300 for tuition for an investment seminar, "How to pick stocks." $100 for tickets to a football game with hospital administrators to celebrate successful negotiation of a surgical contract earlier in the day. The correct answer is ________.

Which of the following is a true statement?

Rock Island Corporation generated taxable income (before deductions for depreciation, interest expense, and net operating loss carryovers) of $1 million this year. Taxable income was computed on $50 million of revenues and included $50,000 of interest income. The company paid $450,000 in interest expense. What is Rock Island's maximum business interest deduction for the year?