Hope Is a Marketing Manager at a Local Company

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Essay

Hope is a marketing manager at a local company. Information about her 2014 income and expenses is as follows:
Compute Hope's taxable income for the year in good form. Show all supporting computations. Hope is single,and she elects to itemize her deductions each year.Assume she does not make any elections regarding the investment interest expense. Also assume that her tax profile was similar in the preceding year.

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