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1. Red Company is a proprietorship owned by Sally, a single individual. Red manu

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Question

1. Red Company is a proprietorship owned by Sally, a single individual. Red manufactures and sells widgets. An examination of Red’s records shows the following items for the current year:

Domestic production gross receipts 2,500,000
Cost of goods sold for domestic products 600,000

Expenses directly related to domestic production gross receipts (other than wages) 280,000

Ratable portion of other expenses 100,000
Other expenses not allocated to domestic production gross receipts 30,000

W-2 wages paid to employees engaged in qualified domestic production activities 270,000

Total W-2 wages 320,000

Sally also had the following additional items:

Dividends received 20,000
Interest income 10,000

Determine Sally’s domestic production activities deduction for the current year.

Explanation / Answer

SOLUTION

Sally's domestic production activities deduction = $108,000

Lesser of: QPAI * 9% ($1,250,000) = $112,500

Modified AGI * 9% ($1,200,000) = $108,000

Not to exceed 50% * $270,000 = $135,000

Sally's domestic production activities deduction = $108,000

Amount ($) Gross receipts 2,500,000 Less: Cost of goods sold (600,000) Expenses directly related (280,000) Other allocated and nonallocated expenses ($100,000 + $30,000) (130,000) Wages (320,000) Dividends received 20,000 Interest received 10,000 Modified adjusted gross income 1,200,000 Domestic production gross receipts 2,500,000 Less: Cost of goods sold (600,000) Direct expenses (280,000) Allocated expenses (100,000) W-2 wages directly related (270,000) Qualified production activities income (QPAI) 1,250,000