Mark and His Brother,Rick,each Own Farms

question 27

Multiple Choice

Mark and his brother,Rick,each own farms.Rick is experiencing severe financial difficulties and cannot afford to buy feed for his cattle.Mark purchases $2,000 of feed and gives Rick one-half of the feed.Mark tells Rick that there is no need to repay him and to consider the feed a gift.Which of the following statements is true?

• A)Mark can deduct $2,000 for the feed.
• B)Mark can deduct $1,000 for the feed.
• C)Rick must report $1,000 as income.
• D)None of the above is true.

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Definitions:

Cash Receipts

Cash receipts are the records of all cash inflows, representing money received by a business, typically from its operational activities like sales or services.

Accrue Employee Salaries

The process of recognizing the cost of salaries earned by employees but not yet paid to them.

Salaries Expense

An income statement item representing the total amount paid to employees in the form of salaries and wages during an accounting period.

Salaries Payable

A liability account that records the amount of salaries owed to employees but not yet paid.