Individual Income Taxes
43rd Edition
ISBN: 9780357109731
Author: Hoffman
Publisher: CENGAGE LEARNING - CONSIGNMENT
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Chapter 9, Problem 38P
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Identify Mr. P’s deduction.
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During the current year, Paul, the vice president of a bank, made gifts in the following amounts:
To Sarah (Paul's personal assistant) at Christmas
$36
To Darryl (a key client)—$3 was for gift wrapping
53
To Darryl's wife (a homemaker) on her birthday
20
To Veronica (Paul's boss) at Christmas
30
In addition, on professional assistants' day, Paul takes Sarah to lunch at a cost of $82. Presuming that Paul has adequate substantiation and is not reimbursed, how much can he deduct?
Do not round intermediate computations. If required, round your final answer to the nearest cent.
During 2020, Jackie sent her brother Junnie $2,500 via a telegraphic transfer through El Banco Prieto. The bank’s remittance clerk made a mistake and credited Junnie with $250,000 which he promptly withdrew. The bank demanded the return of the mistakenly credited excess, but Junnie refused to do so. The BIR entered the picture and investigated Junnie. Would the BIR be correct if it determines that he earned a taxable income under the facts?
No, it was not her fault that the funds in excess of $2,500 were credited to him.
Yes, income is a taxable income regardless of the source
No, he had no income because he had no right to the mistakenly credited funds.
No, the funds in excess of $2,500 were in effect donated to her.
Marco makes the following business gifts during the year:
Miss Scarlett (a potential client)
$30
Mr. and Mrs. White (both are clients)
$40
Professor Plum (a client)
$18
Mrs. Plum (the nonclient wife of Professor Plum)
$12
Charles Mustard (Marco’s boss)
$27
Marco also spent $15 on wrapping paper and a card for the above gift to the Whites.Calculate Marco’s total allowed deduction for gifts
Chapter 9 Solutions
Individual Income Taxes
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