Bob Brain Files a Single Tax Return and Decides to Itemize

question 71

Multiple Choice

Bob Brain files a single tax return and decides to itemize his deductions. Bob's income for the year consists of $75,000 of salary, $3,000 long-term capital gain, and $1,500 interest income. Bob's expenses for the year consists of $800 investment advice fees, $700 unreimbursed employee business expenses (a miscellaneous itemized deduction) , and $250 tax return preparation fees. What is Bob's actual deduction for miscellaneous itemized deductions?

• A) Zero; Bob's investment expenses do not exceed two percent of AGI floor.
• B) $1,590
• C) $1,500
• D) $1,750
• E) None of these

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Definitions:

Efficient Market

A financial market theory stating that asset prices fully reflect all available information, making it impossible to consistently achieve higher returns than the average market return.

Expected Return

The anticipated amount of profit or loss an investor can foresee from an investment, based on historical data or estimated calculations.

Required Return

The minimum expected return by investors for investing in a particular asset, taking into account the risk level of the investment.

Standard Deviation

A measure of the amount of variation or dispersion of a set of values, widely used in finance to assess the risk of a financial instrument.