USCitizen Patrick Is a Bona Fide Resident of a Foreign

question 13

Multiple Choice

U.S.citizen Patrick is a bona fide resident of a foreign country for all of the current year.Patrick uses a calendar year as his tax year.He has $100,000 of self-employment income and incurs $20,000 in housing expenses.The base housing cost amount is $15,616.The deduction for housing expenses is

• A)$13,184 for AGI.
• B)$13,184 from AGI.
• C)$4,384 for AGI.
• D)$6,816 from AGI.

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Definitions:

Opportunity Cost

The value of the best alternative that is forgone when a choice is made between several mutually exclusive alternatives.

Bowed Outward

Describes a curve (such as in production possibilities frontier) that shows increasing opportunity costs for producing two goods.

Capital

Assets with monetary value, including cash and commodities, which are utilized to produce income or accumulate wealth.

Opportunity Costs

The financial loss associated with rejecting the next most favorable option during decision-making.