How does the tax benefit rule apply in the following cases? a. In 2017, the Orange Furniture Store, an accrual method sole proprietorship, sold furniture on credit for $1,000 to Sammy. The cost of the furniture was $600. In 2018, Orange took a bad debt deduction for the $1,000. In 2019, Sammy inherited some money and paid Orange the $1,000 he owed. Orange's owner was in the 35% marginal tax bracket in 2017, the 12% marginal tax bracket in 2018, and the 35% marginal tax bracket in 2019.

Orange Furniture must include $ 1,000 in gross income as the recovery of a prior deduction. The timing of the income and deductions cost Orange $ .