41. LO.3 Doug incurred and paid the following expenses during the year: $50 for a ticket...

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41. LO.3 Doug incurred and paid the following expenses during the year:

• $50 for a ticket for running a red light while he was commuting to work.

• $100 for a ticket for parking in a handicapped parking space.

• $200 to an attorney to represent him in traffic court as to the two tickets.

• $500 to an attorney to draft an agreement with a tenant for a one-year lease on an apartment that Doug owns.

• $1,000 to an attorney to negotiate a reduction in his child support payments.

• $2,500 to an attorney to negotiate a reduction in his qualified alimony payments to a former spouse.

Calculate the amount of Doug’s deductible expenses.

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South-Western Federal Taxation 2014 Corporations Partnerships Estates And Trusts

ISBN: 9781285424484

37th Edition

Authors: William H. Hoffman Jr., William A. Raabe, James E. Smith, David M. Maloney, James C. Young

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