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Problem $6-44($LO $6-6)($Algo$)$

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Brooke owns a sole proprietorship in which she works as a management consultant. She maintains an office in her home where she meets with clients, prepares bills, and performs other work$-$related tasks. The home office is $300$ square feet, and the entire house is $4,500$ square feet. Brooke incurred the following home$-$related expenses during the year. Brooke itemizes her deductions, and her itemized deduction for non$$home business taxes is less than $$10,000$ by more than the real property taxes allocated to business use of the home. Unless indicated otherwise, assume Brooke uses the actual expense method to compute home office expenses.

Real property taxes$ $4,050$Interest on home mortgage$15,500$Operating expenses of home$6,500$Depreciation$16,500$Repairs to home theater room$1,150$

Problem $6-44$ Parts a$,$ b$,$ c and e $($Algo$)$

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What amount of each of these expenses is allocated to the home office?

What are the total amounts of tier $1,$ tier $2,$ and tier $3$ expenses, respectively, allocated to the home office?

If Brooke reported $$2,300$ of Schedule C net income before the home office expense deduction, what is the amount of her home office expense deduction, and what home office expenses, if any, would she carry over to next year?

e$.$ Assume that Brooke uses the simplified method for computing home office expenses. If Brooke reported $$2,300$ of Schedule C net income before the home office expense deduction, what is the amount of her home office expense deduction, and what home office expenses, if any, would she carry over to next year?