Exercise 15-19 (LO. 3,4) Henry, a freelance driver, finds passengers using various platforms such as Uber and Grubhub. He is single and has no other sources of income. In 2018, Henry's net income from driving is $61,000. Assume Henry takes the standard deduction of $12,000 Click here to access the 2018 individual tax rate schedule to use for this problem. Compute Henry's QBI deduction and his tax liability. Bl deduction: 12,200 x Tax liability (round to the nearest dollar): 10,736X Feedback Check My Work With the reduction in the corporate income tax rate to 21 percent in 2018, Congress needed to provide a means of reducing the taxes on businesses that operate in different business forms (e. g., sole proprietors, partnerships, and S corporations). Congress accomplished this with the creation of the deduction for qualified business income (§ 199A), which applies to noncorporate taxpayers. To determine the "qualified business income deduction," one has to understand the definition of a "qualified trade or business" and "qualified business income."

Martha is one producer in the perfectly competitive jelly industry. last year, martha and all of her competitors found themselves earning economic profits. if there is free entry and exit, what do you expect to happen to the number of suppliers in the industry and the price of jelly? the number of suppliers will increase, and the price of jelly will fall. the number of suppliers will decrease, and the price of jelly will increase. the number of suppliers will increase, and the price of jelly will increase. the number of suppliers will decrease, and the price of jelly will fall.

Expert computers was started in 2018. the company experienced the following accounting events during its first year of operation: started business when it acquired $40,000 cash from the issue of common stock. purchased merchandise with a list price of $32,000 on account, terms 2/10, n/30. paid off one-half of the accounts payable balance within the discount period. sold merchandise on account for $28,000. credit terms were 1/20, n/30. the merchandise had cost expert computers $16,000. collected cash from the account receivable within the discount period. paid $2,100 cash for operating expenses. paid the balance due on accounts payable. the payment was not made within the discount period. required record the events in a horizontal statements model below. in the cash flows column, use the letters oa to designate operating activity, ia for investing activity, fa for financing activity, or nc for net change in cash. if the account is not affected by the event, leave the cell blank. the first event is recorded as an example. what is the amount of gross margin for the period? what is the net income for the period?

Ricardo conducts a survey to learn where consumers get information for buying used cars. this is an example of