Jay and Bevonce come to you for tax advice. Jay is a self-employed consultant. Lastyear, Jay's business generated revenue of $200,000 and incurred expenses of $10,000for rent and utilities for an office. Jay also spent $2,000 purchasing depreciableequipment used in the business and paid a part-time assistant $10,000 for workperformed during the year. He hired Greg to help him with his consulting practice andpaid him $20,000 for his work during the year. JayJay paid $3,000 for his own health insurance and $500 for term life insurance. He didnot contribute to any retirement plans.Bevonce works for Disney Travels and travels for her job and was reimbursed byDisney $3,000 for her travel expenses. Beyonce spent $4,000 on other employeebusiness expense that was not reimbursed by her employer. Disney pays Beyonce asalary of $100,000, $20,000 for her health insurance and provided $60,000 of groupterm life insurance to each of its employees. Beyonce contributes out of her ownmoney $5,000 to a traditional IRA.You are a highly priced accountant. Jay and Beyonce have come to you for tax adviceand would like to know the tax ramifications of each of the events and transactionslisted above.

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FINANCIAL ACCOUNTING

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ISBN:9781259964947

Author:Libby

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Chapter1: Financial Statements And Business Decisions

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