Rita owns a sole proprietorship in which she works as a management consultant. She maintains an office in her home (500 square feet) where she meets with clients, prepares bills, and performs other work-related tasks. Her business expenses, other than home office expenses, total $5,880. The following home-related expenses have been allocated to her home office under the actual expense method for calculating home office expenses.

Real property taxes	$	1,740
Interest on home mortgage		5,310
Operating expenses of home		870
Depreciation		1,684

Also, assume that, not counting the sole proprietorship, Ritas AGI is $62,800.

Assume Ritas consulting business generated $15,700 in gross income.

a. What is Ritas home office deduction for the current year?

b. What would Ritas home office deduction be if her business generated $10,700 of gross income instead of $15,700? (Answer for both the actual expense method and the simplified method.)

c. Given the original facts, what is Ritas AGI for the year?

d. Given the original facts, what types and amounts of expenses will she carry over to next year?

Tier 1 expenses carried over to next year =

Tier 2 expenses carried over to next year =

Tier 3 expenses carried over to next year =