Adam Repairs Power Lines for the Egret Utilities Company

question 9

Multiple Choice

Adam repairs power lines for the Egret Utilities Company.He is generally working on a power line during the lunch hour.He must eat when and where he can and still get his work done.He usually purchases something at a convenience store and eats in his truck.Egret reimburses Adam for the cost of his meals.

• A)Adam must include the reimbursement in his gross income.
• B)Adam can exclude the reimbursement from his gross income since the meals are provided for the convenience of the employer.
• C)Adam can exclude the reimbursement from his gross income because he eats the meals on the employer's business premises (the truck).
• D)Adam may exclude from his gross income the difference between what he paid for the meals and what it would have cost him to eat at home.
• E)None of the above.

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Definitions:

Traceable Fixed Expenses

Fixed costs that can be directly linked to a specific product, department, or segment of a business.

Variable Expenses

Costs that change in proportion to the activities or volume of a business.

Net Operating Income

A measure of a company's profitability from its regular business operations, excluding expenses and revenues that are unrelated to the primary business activities.

Absorption Costing

Absorption costing is an accounting method that includes all manufacturing costs - direct materials, direct labor, and both variable and fixed overhead - in the cost of a product.