Roquan, a single taxpayer, is an attorney and practices as a sole proprietor. This year, Roquan had net business income of $90,000 from his law practice (net of the associated for AGI self-employment tax deduction). Assume that Roquan pays $40,000 wages to his employees, has $10,000 of property (unadjusted basis of equipment he purchased last year), and has no capital gains or qualified dividends. His taxable income before the deduction for qualified business income is $100,000. (Leave no answer blank. Enter zero if applicable.)
Required:
a.)Calculate Roquan’s deduction for qualified business income.
b.)Assume the same facts provided above, except Roquan’s taxable income before the deduction for qualified business income is $300,000.
ANSWER
Answer a:
The deduction is amount determined with respect to any qualified trade or business is the lesser of-
However, the W-2 limitations do not apply if a taxpayer’s taxable income is less than $315,000 if married filing jointly or $157,500 for all other taxpayers.
Roquan is an Attorney and is single.
Roquan's taxable income is $100,000, he is eligible for QBI and as the taxable income is less than threshold of $157,500, the W-2 limitations do not apply
Hence, in case of Roquan, deduction will be lesser of:
As his QBI is lesser at $90,000, deduction for QBI = 20% * $90,000 = $18,000
Answer b:
Roquan's taxable income = $300,000
As the income is greater than threshold of $207,500 for single and is from "Specified service businesses", he is not eligible for the 20% deduction
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