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Rebecca and Brad are married and will file jointly.Rebecca earns $300,000 from her single member LLC (a law firm).She reports her business as a sole proprietorship.Wages paid by the law firm amount to $40,000? the law firm has no significant property.Brad is employed as a tax manager by a local CPA firm.Their modified taxable income is $375,000 (this is also their taxable income before the deduction for qualified business income).Determine their QBI deduction for 2018.


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Direct Conversion

The process of changing one form of energy, material, or resource directly into another without intermediate stages.

Variable Overhead

Costs associated with manufacturing that fluctuate with the level of output, such as raw material costs and energy expenses directly tied to production levels.

Overhead Absorption

A method of applying a portion of a company’s indirect costs, such as electricity or rent, to individual units of production.

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