Jayana, a calendar-year taxpayer, uses the cash method of accounting for a sole proprietorship. In late December Jayana received a $37,000 bill from her accountant for consulting services related to her small business. Jayana can pay the $37,000 bill anytime before January 30 of next year without penalty. Assume her marginal tax rate is 37 percent this year and next year, and that she can earn an after-tax rate of return of 11 percent on her investments. a. What is the after-tax cost if Jayana pays the $37,000 bill in December? After-tax cost b. What is the after-tax cost if Jayana pays the $37,000 bill in January? Use Exhibit 3.1. (Round your answer to the nearest whole dollar amount.) After-tax cost c. Based on requirements a and b, should Jayana pay the $37,000 bill in December or January? December O January

Carrie, a single taxpayer, finished her undergraduate degree using money from a student loan. She earned $56,000 her first year and paid $2,600 in interest in 2021. She can take a deduction for student loan interest in the amount of: a.$0 b.$2,500 c.$2,600 d.$1,500 e.None of these choices are correct

Bruce and Amanda are married during the tax year. Bruce is a botanist at Green Corporation. Bruce earns a salary of $56,000 per year. Green Corporation has an accountable reimbursement plan. During the year, Bruce has $5,000 of employee expenses. Green Corporation reimburses Bruce for only $4,000 of expenses.Bruce decides to put $5,500 into a Traditional IRA. Amanda owns a financial consulting firm as a sole proprietor (it qualifies as a full trade or business). Amanda generates $80,000 of revenues during the year. She has the following business payments associated with her firm:● Utilities: $2,000● Office Rent: $14,000● Self-Employment Tax: $5,000● Salary for her secretary: $20,000● Fines/Penalties: $8,000● Payroll Taxes (Employer Portion): $1,000● Business Meals: $2,000● Bribe to police officer to forgive parking violation $1,500Due to the income and expenses above, Amanda has $39,500 of Qualified Business Income. Also, during the year a tornado damaged the roof of their personal…

Kimberly is a self-employed taxpayer. She recently spent $3,300 for airfare to travel to Italy. What amount of the airfare is deductible in each of the following alternative scenarios? (Leave no answers blank. Enter zero if applicable.) c. On the trip, she spent seven days on business activities and three day(s) on personal activities. Deductible amount

In April of this year Rachel received a $1,780 refund of state income taxes that she paid last year. Last year Rachel claimed itemized deductions of $12,400. Rachel's itemized deductions included state income taxes paid of $850. How much of the refund, if any, must Rachel include in the gross income if the standard deduction last year was $12,000?

Ella bought a residential investment property in Cleveland for $200,000. Five years later she spent $250,000 on renovations and then sold the property for $1,200,000. The tax code required Ella to pay a capital gain tax of 15% on her net profit (net profit = sale price - purchase price - renovation costs). If the inflation rate for the past 5 years has been 5% annually, compute the after-tax real rate of return on Ella's investment. Choose your final answer from below while still showing your work. A. 33.17% B. 28.13% C. 26.83% D. 31.84%

Lana Long, age 32, chief executive officer of News America borrows $100,000 from her employer as a bridge loan. Assume that the applicable federal rate for year one of the loan is 6 per cent, but that American only charges 2 percent. What are the likely tax consequences for Lana? Explain.

Arabella Cunningham is 24 years old and single, lives in an apartment, and has no dependents. Last year she earned $55,000 as a sales representative forPlanning Associates; $3,910 of her wages was withheld for federal income taxes. In addition, she had interest income of $142. She takes the standard deduction. Calculate her taxable income, tax liability, and tax refund or taxowed for 2018.

During the current year, Kristina, a single taxpayer with no dependents, has a salary of $130,000. She has the following income and (losses) from passive activities in 2021:  Rental House ($28,850)  Restaurant ( 3,900)  Golf Course 7,800  Kristina has suspended loss carryforwards into 2021 of ($2,500) on the rental house and ($11,400) on the restaurant. She has a gain of $6,700 from selling the restaurant in 2021. She actively manages the rental house and is the sole owner. 1. What is Kristina's AGI in 2021?  2. What, if any, are Kristina's suspended loss carryforwards by activity? If she does not have any, explain why.  3. Assume Kristina has no deductions For AGI, no qualified business income, and takes the standard deduction; what is her federal income tax liability for 2021?

Karen is single. Last year she earned $37,300 in wages. Additional tax information for the year is as follows: interest earned: $135; capital gains from sale of stock: $1,650; penalty on early withdrawal of savings: $400; contributions to Keogh retirement fund: $1,800; real estate taxes paid: $3,000; mortgage interest paid: $3,500. The following table gives the standard deduction for various filing statuses. Standard Deductions Single or married filing separately $12,000 Married filing jointly or surviving spouse $24,000 Head of household $18,000 65 or older and/or blindand/or someone else canclaim you (or your spouseif filing jointly) as a dependent: Varies(See www.irs.gov for information.) Find the taxable income for the year.