Purchase Solution

I:6-33 For or From AGI Deductions for Roberta

Not what you're looking for?

Ask Custom Question

I:6-33 For or From AGI Deductions. Roberta is an accountant employed by a local firm. During the year, Roberta incurs the following unreimbursed expenses:

Item Amount
Travel to client locations $750
Subscriptions to professional journals 215
Taking potential clients to lunch 400
Photocopying 60

a. Identify which of these expenses are deductible and the amount that is deductible.
Indicate whether they are deductible for or from AGI.

b. Would the answers to Part a change if the accounting firm reimburses Roberta for these expenses?

c. Assume all of the same facts as in Part a, except that Roberta is self-employed. Identify which of the expenses are deductible, and indicate whether they are deductions for or from AGI.

Purchase this Solution

Solution Summary

First, the general rule for reporting is presented and then in two or three sentences, each of the parts of the problem are explained.

Solution Preview

First the rule: All unreimbursed employee business expenses are reportable on Schedule A. They are first shown on Form 2106 but they then flow to Schedule A, except in very limited circumstances (reservists, performing artists, fee-basis government officials). The key word in this ...

Purchase this Solution


Free BrainMass Quizzes
IPOs

This Quiz is compiled of questions that pertain to IPOs (Initial Public Offerings)

Situational Leadership

This quiz will help you better understand Situational Leadership and its theories.

Introduction to Finance

This quiz test introductory finance topics.

Marketing Management Philosophies Quiz

A test on how well a student understands the basic assumptions of marketers on buyers that will form a basis of their marketing strategies.

MS Word 2010-Tricky Features

These questions are based on features of the previous word versions that were easy to figure out, but now seem more hidden to me.