
next door to the health club at 4323 Arnold Street. Freddy does all the administrative
work for the health club out of an office in his home. The room is 150 square feet and
the house has a total of 1,800 square feet. Freddy pays $20,000 per year in rent and
$4,000 in utilities.
Freddy’s Social Security number is 565-12-6789. He made an estimated tax pay-
ment to the IRS of $1,000 on April 15, 2010.
Required: Complete Freddy’s federal tax return for 2010. Use Form 1040, Schedule B,
Schedule C, Form 8829, and Schedule M on pages 4-59 to 4-66, and any other appro-
priate schedule(s) to complete this tax return. Do not complete a Form 4562 (depre-
ciation). Make realistic assumptions about any missing data.
GROUP 4:
CUMULATIVE SOFTWARE PROBLEM
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The following additional information is available for the Dr. Ivan and Irene Incisor family
from Chapters 1–3.
On Sept ember 1, Irene opened a retail store that specializes in sports car accessories.
Thenameofthestoreis‘‘PlusTwoCones.’’Thestoreislocatedat617MainStreet,
Spokan e, WA. The store uses the cash method of accoun ting. Her in come and expenses
for the year are as follows:
Sales of merchandise $62,300
Inventory, September 1 (purchased in August) 62,500
Inventory, December 31 58,700
Purchases during the year 35,300
Sales returns and allowances 525
Store rental 7,500
Office expense 1,400
Insurance 1,000
Advertising 3,000
Employee wages 3,350
Payroll and other business taxes 505
Interest on bank loan to open store 2,740
Accounting fees 300
Utilities 1,000
Telephone 800
Maintenance 480
Miscellaneous 175
In addition to the above items, Irene incurred travel expenses to attend a seminar on
sports car accessories. She sp ent $300 on airfare, $400 on lodging, $100 on a rental car,
and $150 on meals. Irene has proper receipts for these amounts.
Irene drove her 2004 Ford Explorer 1,634 miles for business, driven after September 1, 2010,
related to Plus Two Cones. The Explorer was driven a total of 17,000 business and personal
miles for the year. Included in the 17,000 is 5,000 miles spent commuting to the store. Irene
has the required substantiation for this business mileage. She uses the standard mileage method.
Required: Combi ne this new infor mation about the Incisor family with the information
from Chapters 1–3 and complete a revised 20 10 tax return for Ivan and Irene. Be sure
to save your data input files since this case will be expanded with more tax information
in later chapters.
Questions and Problems 4-53
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