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Please complete the required 2020 Schedule C for Carlos and Maria Gomez. Carlos is a civil engineer and started his own engineering firm called Gomez
Please complete the required 2020 Schedule C for Carlos and Maria Gomez.
Carlos is a civil engineer and started his own engineering firm called Gomez Professional Engineers
(GPE) . GPE is conducted as a sole proprietorship with Carlos being the sole owner. GPE started business on January 1,2020 and is located at 1515 West Industrial Road Lubbock, Texas 79401 (EIN 20-1616167) . Maria is self-employed as a part-time bookkeeper .
Carlos reported the following information for GPE's business activities (GPE uses the cash method of accounting):
Revenues :
Credit card receipts
$352,000
Cash receipts
648,000
Total revenue
$1,000,000
Expenses:
Advertising
$5,450
Insurance-professional
15,750
Office building rent
62,000
Equipment leases
6,050
Travel
14,200
Meals and entertainment
2,980
Wages
498,725
Taxes and licenses
44,875
Employee health insurance
42,000
Employee benefit programs
14,500
Utilities
37,425
Office supplies
18,900
Legal and professional fees
15,550
Repairs and maintenance
10,000
Total Expenses
$ 788,400
GPE purchased and placed in service the following fixed assets in 2020 :
Item
Date Purchased
March 1
Amount
Laptop computers
$20,500
Printers
June 1
$6,500
Office furniture
October 10
$19,000
GPE does not want to claim any Section 179 expensing on any of these assets, but would like to take bonus depreciation, if available, on all the assets.
Maria received the following Form 1099-MISC from her bookkeeping activities for her largest client:
Form 1099-MISC
- unemployment compensation $14000
Maria received an additional $4,000 from clients who were not required to issue Maria a Form 1099- MISC.
During the year, Maria paid the following business-related expenses :
Paper
$365
Toner
$450
Meals
$580
Maria purchased and placed in service the following fixed assets for her business in 2020 :
Item
Date Purchased
Amount
New laptop computers
March 1
$1,850
New laser printers
March 1
$840
New computer software
April 2
$400
Maria would like to recover the cost of these business assets as soon as possible through Section 179 expensing.
Maria owns a 2017 Acura . She started to use the Acura for her business on January 1, 2020. She drove 2,050 business miles during 2020 (she has documentation to verify) . She drove the vehicle for a total of 10,000 miles during the year (7,950 personal miles). She also has access to another vehicle that she can use for personal purposes.
Maria started her bookkeeping service in 2017 and she uses the cash method of accounting. She is the only person performing services in the business. She did not make any payments that would have required her to file a Form 1099.
Maria's business is a specified service business for purposes of the Qualified Business Income Deduction.
I prepared Schedule C for Carlos and Maria , but I am not sure I did right or wrong.
how to calculate bonus depreciation, and section 179.
I find out Carlos total expense is $832915 (include depreciation $46000)
Maria total expense is $5374 ( include depreciation $3090 and Auto expense $1179)
Could you help me check Schedule C?
Thank you
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