1. Henrietta, the owner of a very successful hotel chain in the Southeast, is exploring the...

  

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1. Henrietta, the owner of a very successful hotel chain in the Southeast, is exploring the possibility of expanding the chain into a city in the Northeast. She incurs $35,000 of expenses associated with this investigation. Based on the regulatory environment for hotels in the city, she decides not to expand. During the year, she also investigates opening a restaurant that will be part of a national restaurant chain. Her expenses for this are $53,000. She proceeds with opening the restaurant, and it begins operations on September 1. Determine the amount that Henrietta can deduct in the current year for investigating these two businesses. In your computations, round the per-month to two decimal places and use rounded amount in subsequent computations. If required, round your final answers to the nearest dollar. a. The deductible amount of investigation expenses related to expansion of her hotel chain into another city: $ b. The deductible amount of investigation expenses related to opening a restaurant: $ 2. On May 9, 2018, Calvin acquired 250 shares of stock in Hobbes Corporation, a new startup company, for $68,750. Calvin acquired the stock directly from Hobbes, and it is classified as § 1244 stock (at the time Calvin acquired his stock, the corporation had $900,000 of paid-in capital). On January 15, 2020, Calvin sold all of his Hobbes stock for $7,000. Assuming that Calvin is single, determine his tax consequences as a result of this sale. If an amount is zero, enter 0 . As a result of the sale, Calvin has: Ordinary loss: Short-term capital loss: Long-term capital loss: 000 1. Henrietta, the owner of a very successful hotel chain in the Southeast, is exploring the possibility of expanding the chain into a city in the Northeast. She incurs $35,000 of expenses associated with this investigation. Based on the regulatory environment for hotels in the city, she decides not to expand. During the year, she also investigates opening a restaurant that will be part of a national restaurant chain. Her expenses for this are $53,000. She proceeds with opening the restaurant, and it begins operations on September 1. Determine the amount that Henrietta can deduct in the current year for investigating these two businesses. In your computations, round the per-month to two decimal places and use rounded amount in subsequent computations. If required, round your final answers to the nearest dollar. a. The deductible amount of investigation expenses related to expansion of her hotel chain into another city: $ b. The deductible amount of investigation expenses related to opening a restaurant: $ 2. On May 9, 2018, Calvin acquired 250 shares of stock in Hobbes Corporation, a new startup company, for $68,750. Calvin acquired the stock directly from Hobbes, and it is classified as § 1244 stock (at the time Calvin acquired his stock, the corporation had $900,000 of paid-in capital). On January 15, 2020, Calvin sold all of his Hobbes stock for $7,000. Assuming that Calvin is single, determine his tax consequences as a result of this sale. If an amount is zero, enter 0 . As a result of the sale, Calvin has: Ordinary loss: Short-term capital loss: Long-term capital loss: 000

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