Juliette formed a new business to sell sporting goods this year.The business opened its doors to customers

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Juliette formed a new business to sell sporting goods this year.The business opened its doors to customers on June 1.Determine the amount of start-up costs Juliette can immediately expense (not including amortization) this year in the following alternative scenarios.
a. She incurred start-up costs of $2,000.
b. She incurred start-up costs of $45,000.
c. She incurred start-up costs of $53,500.
d. She incurred start-up costs of $63,000.
e. How would you answer parts (a-d) if she formed a partnership or a corporation and she incurred the same amount of organizational expenditures rather than start-up costs (how much of the organizational expenditures would be immediately deductible)?
Corporation
A Corporation is a legal form of business that is separate from its owner. In other words, a corporation is a business or organization formed by a group of people, and its right and liabilities separate from those of the individuals involved. It may...
Partnership
A legal form of business operation between two or more individuals who share management and profits. A Written agreement between two or more individuals who join as partners to form and carry on a for-profit business. Among other things, it states...
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Taxation Of Individuals And Business Entities 2015

ISBN: 9780077862367

6th Edition

Authors: Brian Spilker, Benjamin Ayers, John Robinson, Edmund Outslay, Ronald Worsham, John Barrick, Connie Weaver

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