Dewey is a lawyer who uses the cash method of accounting. Last year Dewey provided a client
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Dewey is a lawyer who uses the cash method of accounting. Last year Dewey provided a client with legal services worth $55,000, but the client could not pay the fee. This year Dewey requested that in lieu of paying Dewey $55,000 for the services, the client could make a $45,000 gift to Dewey’s daughter. Dewey’s daughter received the check for $45,000 and deposited it in her bank account.
How much of this income is taxed, if any, to Dewey? Explain.
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McGraw-Hill's Taxation Of Individuals
ISBN: 9781259729027
2017 Edition
Authors: Brian Spilker, Benjamin Ayers, John Robinson, Edmund Outslay, Ronald Worsham, John Barrick, Connie Weaver
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