A tornado damaged Louise\'s home on August 17, this year. To restore the destroy
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A tornado damaged Louise's home on August 17, this year. To restore the destroyed property she paid the following amounts:
$80,000 to repair the damage to the house. The house originally cost $70,000 and was worth approximately $90,000 at the time of the tornado.
Louise filed a claim with her insurance company and received $65,000. She has AGI of $30,000.
If the tornado also caused $2,000 damage to Louise's furniture and all other facts remained the same, the amount of Louise's deductible casualty loss would be:
a. $5,000.
b. $3,900.
c. $7,000.
d. $92,000.
e. None of the above.
a.a. $5,000.
b.b. $3,900.
c.c. $7,000.
d.d. $92,000.
e.e. None of the above.
Explanation / Answer
The damage to the house is of the value $82,000 ($80,000 repairs to house+$2,000 damage to furniture) but the value of damage of house can not exceed the cost of house i.e. $70,000 in this case.
The deductible casulaty loss will be allowed only if value of damage exceeds 10% of Adjusted gross Income. (i.e. AGI $30,000*10% = $3,000).
The casualty loss will not be allowed for the amount reimbursed by insurance company i.e. $65,000 in this case.
Deductible casualty loss = Value of damage - Reimbursed by Insurance company
= $70,000 - $65,000 = $5,000
Therefore the amount of Louise's deductible casualty loss would be $5,000. Hence the correct answer is a) $5,000.
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