Joy incurs the following expenses in her business. When can she deduct the expenses if she uses

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Joy incurs the following expenses in her business. When can she deduct the expenses if she uses the accrual method of accounting? the cash method?
a. Joy rents an office building for $750 a month. Because of a cash-flow problem, she is unable to pay the rent for November and December 2021. On January 5, 2022, Joy pays the $2,250 rent due for November, December, and January.

b. Joy borrows $60,000 on a 1-year note on October 1, 2021. To get the loan, she has to prepay $6,200 in interest.

c. Joy owes employees accrued wages totaling $20,000 as of December 31, 2021.The accrued wages are paid in the regular payroll on January 5, 2022.

d. Joy purchases $2,400-worth of supplies from a local vender. The supplies are delivered on January 29, 2021. They are fully used up on December 30, 2021. Because of unusual circumstances, a bill for the supplies arrives from the vendor on January 10, 2022, and is promptly paid.

e. While at a trade convention, Joy purchases some pens and paperweights to send out as holiday gifts to her clients. She charges the $700 cost to her credit card in December 2021. She pays the credit card bill in January 2022.

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Concepts In Federal Taxation 2022

ISBN: 9780357515785

29th Edition

Authors: Kevin E. Murphy, Mark Higgins, Tonya K. Flesher

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