For the Current Year, Robert, a Single Taxpayer, Earned Wages

question 21

Essay

For the current year, Robert, a single taxpayer, earned wages of $235,000 from Big Shot Corporation.He also received interest income of $1,000 from Little Credit Union.Robert had a $9,000 loss from his rental property which he actively manages.$2,000 of income was also reported on his Schedule K-1 from ABC Limited Partnership.Neither the rental property nor the partnership investment has passive losses carried over from prior years.Since Robert is not an active participant in a retirement plan, he decides to contribute $5,500 to his IRA.
a.Calculate Robert's adjusted gross income using the above information.
b.How much is Robert's unallowed loss from his passive investments?
c.What happens to the unallowed passive loss?
d.Calculate Robert's adjusted gross income assuming his wages were only $35,000.

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Definitions:

TFC

Total Fixed Costs (TFC) are the sum of all costs that remain constant regardless of the level of production or output in a company.

Marginal Revenue

The additional income that a company generates from selling one more unit of a good or service.

Average Variable Cost

The per-unit variable cost of production, calculated by dividing total variable costs by the quantity of output produced.

Long-Run Scale

Refers to the time period in which all factors of production and costs are variable, allowing companies to adjust all inputs in response to market conditions.