Jarvie loves to bike. In fact, he has always turned down better paying jobs to work in

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Jarvie loves to bike. In fact, he has always turned down better paying jobs to work in bicycle shops where he gets an employee discount. At Jarvie’s current shop, Bad Dog Cycles, each employee is allowed to purchase four bicycles a year at a discount. Bad Dog has an average gross profit percentage on bicycles of 25 percent. During the current year, Jarvie bought the following bikes:

Description Retail Price Cost Employee Price Specialized road bike $3,200 $2,000 $2,240 Rocky Mountain mountain bike 3,800 3,200 3,040 Trek road bike 2,700 2,000 1,890 Yeti mountain bike 3,500 2,500 2,800

a) What amount is Jarvie required to include in taxable income from these purchases?

b) What amount of deductions is Bad Dog allowed to claim from these transactions?

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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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