Damarcus is a 50 percent owner of Hoop (a business entity). In the current year, Hoop reported a $100,000 business loss. Answer the following questions associated with each of the following alternative scenarios. (Leave no answer blank. Enter zero if applicable.)   e. Hoop is organized as an LLC taxed as a partnership. Fifty percent of Hoop’s loss is allocated to Damarcus. Damarcus does not work for Hoop at all (he is a passive investor in Hoop). Damarcus has a $20,000 basis in his Hoop ownership interest and he also has a $20,000 at-risk amount in his investment in Hoop. Damarcus reports $10,000 of income from a business activity in which he is a passive investor. How much of the $50,000 loss allocated to him by Hoop is Damarcus allowed to deduct this year?     Allowable deduction of loss

Mason (single) is a 50 percent shareholder in Angels Corporation (an S Corporation). Mason receives a $184,500 salary working full time for Angels Corporation. Angels Corporation reported $418,000 of taxable business income for the year (2022). Before considering his business income allocation from Angels and the self-employment tax deduction (if any), Mason's adjusted gross income is $184,500 (all salary from Angels Corporation). Mason claims $59,000 in itemized deductions. Answer the following questions for Mason. Note: Leave no answer blank. Enter zero if applicable.   c. Assume the same facts as question (b), except that Angels Corporation reported $168,000 of taxable business income for the year. What is Mason's deduction for qualified business income? Ignore the wage-based limitation when computing the deduction. *16,800 and 84,000 are both incorrect answers!

Alice and Bob, married filing jointly, own AB, LLC (which they tax as a partnership). The LLC is not a specified service business and has QBI of $800,000 after all applicable deductions. AB paid total W-2 wages of $300,000, and the total unadjusted basis of property held by ABC is $3,200,000. Their taxable income before the QBI deduction is $1,000,000. What is their QBI deduction for the current year?

Molly Grey (single) acquired a 30 percent limited partnership interest in Beau Geste LLP several years ago for $48,000. At the beginning of year 1, Molly has tax basis and an at-risk amount of $20,000. In year 1, Beau Geste incurs a loss of $180,000 and does not make any distributions to the partners. • In year 1, Molly's AGI (excluding any income or loss from Beau Geste) is $60,000. This includes $10,000 of passive income from other passive activities. • In year 2, Beau Geste earns income of $30,000. In addition, Molly contributes an additional $30,000 to Beau Geste during year 2. Molly's AGI in year 2 is $63,000 (excluding any income or loss from Beau Geste). This amount inciudes $8,000 in income from her other passive investments. a. Based on the above information, complete the requirements A1 to A3. Complete this question by entering your answers in the tabs below. Reg A1 Req A2 Reg A3 Based on the above information, complete the following table: (Leave no answers blank. Enter zero…

Bruno, an individual, is the sole shareholder of Green Corporation.  On January 1, 2019, Bruno decided to liquidate Green Corporation.  At the date of liquidation, Green Corporation had assets with a FMV of $2,500,000 and a basis of $1,800,000. Green Corporation’s earnings and profits at the date of liquidation were $2,000,000.  Bruno’s basis in Green Corporation stock is $900,000. 1. What tax impact does the liquidation have on Green Corporation? 2. What tax impact does the liquidation have on Bruno (Assume tax rate of 23.8%) 3. How would your answer change if Bruno was a C-Corporation instead of an individual?

Lonnie Davis has been a general partner in the Highland Partnership for many years and is also a sole proprietor in a separate business. To spend more time focusing on his sole proprietorship, he plans to leave Highland and will receive a liquidating distribution of $66,500 in cash and land with a fair market value of $132,500 (tax basis of $176,000). Immediately before the distribution, Lonnie’s basis in his partnership interest is $392,000, which includes his $85,500 share of partnership debt. The Highland Partnership does not hold any hot assets. What is the amount and character of Lonnie’s gain or loss if he places the land into service in his sole proprietorship and then sells it 13 months later for $165,000?

Dan and Sam are married and will file a joint return. Their modified adjusted gross income is $97,000. Dan has losses of $14,000 from rental activities in which he actively participates. Sam has a $3,000 loss from a limited partnership in which he does not materially participate. They have no passive income for the year. What is the amount of their allowable passive loss? (a) $0 (b) $3,000 (c) $14,000 (d) $17,000

Charlotte is a partner in, and sales manager for, CD Partners, a domestic business that is not a "specified services" business. During the tax year, she receives guaranteed payments of $177,400 from CD Partners for her services to the partnership as its sales manager. In addition, her distributive share of CD Partners' ordinary income (its only item of income or loss) was $106,440. What is Charlotte's qualified business income? $fill in the blank 1 ______?

Mark, single, is the sole shareholder of Mark's Tool and Dye, Inc., a tool and dye manufacturing company operating as an S corporation. Mark reports qualified business income of $121,500 and he has no employees. He also has qualified dividend income of $4,400. He has no itemized deductions and claims the standard deduction of $13,850 on his 2023 Form 1040. What is Mark's qualified business income deduction? Mark's qualified business income deduction tA $ 25,180

Dave and his friend Stewart each owns 50 percent of KBS. During the year, Dave receives $75,000 compensation for services he performs for KBS during the year. He performed a significant amount of work for the entity, and he was heavily involved in management decisions for the entity (he was not a passive investor in KBS). After deducting Dave's compensation, KBS reports taxable income of $30,000. How much FICA and/or self-employment tax is Dave required to pay on his compensation and his share of the KBS income if KBS is formed as a C corporation, an S corporation, or a limited liability company (taxed as a partnership) (ignore the 0.9 percent additional Medicare tax)? (Do not round any percentage calculations. Round other intermediate calculations and final answers to the nearest whole dollar amount.) C Corporation S Corporation Limited liability company