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1
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Where is net income from self employment computed?

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Schedule C
-net income from sole proprietorship is then transferred to Form 1040 as one amount

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Gross Income

Schedule C

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-cash = amount recieved
-property = fair market value
-cancellation of debt

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Expenses

Schedule C

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  • Cost of goods
  • salaries and commissions paid to others
  • state and local business taxes paid
  • office expenses
  • actual automobile expenses
  • business meal expenses at 50%
  • Deprectiation of assets
  • Employee benefits
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4
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The business interest expense deduction is limited to the sum of:

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-business interest income
-30% of the adjusted taxable income (ATI)
-floor plan financing interest expense

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5
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What are some nondeductible expenses on a Schedule C?

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*salaries paid to the sole proprietor
*federal income tax
*personal portion of: automobile, travel, meal expenses, interest expense
*bad debt expense of a cash basis taxpayer
*charitable contributions: report as itemized deduction on Schedule A

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6
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What is adjusted taxable income?

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Taxable business income for the year excluding all interest income and interest expense.

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7
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What are the two federal taxes on net business income?

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  1. income tax
  2. self employment (SE) tax
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8
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Self employment tax

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-92.35% of self employment income
-15,3% of ^

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9
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What is the formula for rental income or loss?

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Gross rental income
+prepaid rental income
+rent cancellation payment
+improvement in lieu of rent
-rental expenses
=Net income or loss
*Reported on schedule E

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10
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What if the residence is rented for fewer than 15 days per year?

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it is treated as a personal residence.
-rental income is excluded from income
-mortgage interest and real estate taxes are allowed as itemized deductions
-depreciation, utilities, repairs are not deductible

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11
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How is rental property income treated?

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Includes income recieved from property in gross income and deducts all expenses allocated to the rental property on schedule E form 1040.

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12
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What are some common separately stated items?

Flow Through

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-rental real estate income (loss)
-interest income
-dividend income
-royalties
-net short term capital gain (loss)
-charitable contributions

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Guaranteed Payments to Partners

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Compensation paid to a partner, either for services rendered or for the use of capital, that are determined without regard to the partnerships income.
-payments are a business expense that reduces partnership ordinary income
-they flow through as a separately stated item of income on the recipient partners schedule k-1

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14
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Are guaranteed payments subject to a self employment tax?

flow through

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Yes, and therfore subject to a self employment (social security and medicare) tax in addition to income tax

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15
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Adjustments for AGI include:

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-Educator expenses
-Traditional IRA contribution deduction
-Student loan interest deduction
-Health savings account deduction
-moving expenses
-deductible part of self employment tax
-self employment health insurance deduction
etc

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16
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How much can an eligible educator deduct?

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$300 qualified expenses paid
$600 if filing jointly and spouse in an educator

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17
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Qualified expenses must be reduced by the following:

Educator expenses

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-excludable US series EE and Savings Bonds interest from Form 8815
-Non taxable qualified state tuition program earnings
-nontaxable earnings from Coverdell education savings accounts
-any reimbursements received for these expenses that were not reported on for W-2

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18
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The three types of individual retirement accounts (IRA) are:

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-deductible traditional IRA
-Roth IRA
-nondeductible traditional IRA

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19
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The annual maximum contribution to IRAs is limited to the lesser of:

Unmarried

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Under 50: $6500 or earned income
Over 50: $7500 or earned income

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20
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The annual maximum contribution to IRAs is limited to the lesser of:

Marries

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Under 50: $1300 or earned income
Over 50: $1500 or earned income

21
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Earned income includes:

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-salary and wages
-commissions
-alimony
-net earnings from self employment
-non tuition fellowship and stipend payments treated as taxable compensation

22
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Earned income does not include:

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-interest and dividends
-Annuity income
-Pensions
-Alimony

23
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The adjustment for education loan interest is limited to

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$2500
-all interest payments qualify for the adjustment
-deduction is completely phased out at AGI equal to or more than 90k

24
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What do health savings accounts do?

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Health savings accounts (HSAs) enable workers with high deductible health insurance plans to make pretax contributions of up to $3,850 to cover health care costs. (PRETAX)

25
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Excludable withdrawals (distributions)

HSA

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any amount paid or distributed out of an HSA that is used exclusively to pay the qualified medical expenses of any account beneficiary is not includable in gross income.

26
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A high deductible plan has at least

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$1500 annual deductible for self only coverage and $3000 annual deductible for family coverage

27
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Out of pocket limitation

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Annual out of pocket expenses paid under the plan must be limited to:
$7500 for self only converge plans and $15000 for family

28
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Archer medical savings account (MSA) contributions

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-similar to IRAs but used for health care
-used if HSA is unavailable
-no new accounts after 2007
-must be used in connection with a high deductible plan
-max out of pocket is $5300/$9650

29
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What are the two conditions that would cause you not to have a deductible IRA?

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  1. you are rich
  2. already in a pension plan
30
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How are earnings taxed?

Deductible Traditional IRA

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Taxed when withdrawn

31
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How are distributions taxed?

Deductible Traditional IRA

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taxable as ordinay income

32
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How is a Roth IRA taxed?

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-contributions are not deductible when made
-earnings accumulated tax free
-no deduction is allowed, so distributions of principa is tax free (withrdrawn)

33
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Why would someone use the Nondeductible traditional IRA?

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They fail to qualify for the others by making too much money or already in a 401k
-want to save money for retirement and have it accumulate tax free
-non deductible

34
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How are distributions from a nondeductible traditional IRA taxed?

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Taxable: earnings as ordinary income
Nontaxable: Principal contributions (because not deducted when contributed)

35
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What are the adjustments to AGI when self employed?

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-deductible part of self employment tax
-self-employment health insurance deduction
-deduction for contributions to certain self employed retirement plans

36
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What are the two taxes for a self employed taxpayer with that has net business income?

A

income tax and self employment (social security and Medicare) tax
**50% of self employment tax is deducted to arrive at AGI

37
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How much can self employed individuals deduct for health insurance premiums?

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All of the health insurance premiums paid for the taxpayer, spouse, and dependents

38
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Most common self employment retirement plans are:

A

-Simplified employee pension SEP IRAs
-Savings incentive match plan for employees (SIMPLE) IRA
-Solo 401k

39
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SEP IRA

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Allowed to deduct the LESSOR of
-20% of self employment net income reduced by one half of self employment tax deduction or
-$66,000

40
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Simple IRA

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Allowed to deduct the LESSOR of
-100% of self employment net income reduced by one half of self employment tax deduction or
-$1550

41
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Solo 401k

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Allowed to deduct the LESSOR of
- 20% of self employment income reduced by one half of self employment tax deduction or
-$66,000

42
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What are things generally not deductible on the Schedule C?

A

Personal expenses

43
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Business meals are deductible up to

Schedule C

A

50%

44
Q

Self employment tax is

Schedule C

A

one half deductible from gross income as an adjustment

45
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SEP IRA deduction is the lessor of:

A

$69,000
or
20% of net earnings

46
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What is the max amount of AGI that would preclude you from deducting student loan expense?

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$110,000

47
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Can a taxpayer be a dependent and still deduct student loan interest expense?

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No

48
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