6. Your client Rachel Robert is an engineer who practices as a sole proprietor. This year, Rachel had net business income of $500,000 from her business. Assume that Rachel pays $20,000 wages to her employees, she has $500,000 of property (unadjusted basis of equipment she purchased last year), she has no capital gains, and her taxable income before the deduction for qualified business income is $380,000. Calculate your client, Rachel’s deduction for qualified business income. Please show all workings.
ANSWER
As per the given question,
QBI deduction:- | ||||
An Individual tax payer's deduction for a particular year is equal to | ||||
Lesser of the following: | ||||
1 | 20% of QBI | |||
2 | The greater of | |||
a. 50% of W-2 wages with respect to businesses | ||||
b. 25% of W-2 wages with respect to businesses + 2.5% of the unadjusted basis of all "qualified property" | ||||
3 | 20% of taxable income of the business owner | |||
Computation of Rachel's QBI deduction:- | ||||
Lesser of the following: | ||||
1 | 20% of QBI = 20% of $500,000 | $ 100,000 | ||
2 | The greater of | |||
a. 50% of W-2 wages with respect to businesses = 50% of $20000 | $ 10,000 | |||
b. 25% of W-2 wages with respect to businesses + 2.5% of the unadjusted basis of all "qualified property" = 25% of $20,000 + 2.5% of $500,000 = $5000 + $12500 | $ 17,500 | |||
The greater is | $ 17,500 | |||
3 | 20% of taxable income of the business owner = 20% of $380,000 | $ 76,000 | ||
Lesser of the above is | $ 17,500 | |||
So, Rachel's QBI deduction is $17,500 |
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