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Need help with schedule C?
The bookkeeper provided the following additional information:
- Donations expense is a \(\$ 600\) donation to the Campaign to Re-Elect Senator Ami Dahla.
- Training includes \(\$ 575\) for an educational seminar on bug control. It also includes the cost for Russell to attend an online certificate program in landscaping in order to improve his skills and advertise his designation as a certified landscaper. The tuition, fees, and books cost \(\$ 1,400\).
- No business gift exceeded \(\$ 22\) in value.
- The subscription is for a trade magazine titled Plants Unlimited.
- Meals and entertainment expense is \(\$ 1,000\) of business meals and \(\$ 800\) for season tickets to Boise State University that Russell uses to - Russell drove his pickup truck (purchased \(3/14/2022\))980 business miles in 2023. He also drove the truck 2,300 commuting miles and 3,000 other miles. The Longs have another car available for personal use. Truck business mileage is not reflected in the income statement.
The business uses the cash method of accounting and has no accounts receivable or inventory held for resale.
In addition to the above expenses, the Longs have set aside one room of their house as a home office. The room is 192 square feet and their house nas a total of 1,600 square feet. They pay \(\$ 13,200\) per year rental on their house, and the utilities amount to \(\$ 1,800\) for the year.
The Longs inherited a large number of acres of farm land from Linda's father in 2022 and sold it immediately for its market value of \(\$ 1,000,000\). They invested the proceeds in the Potato Dividend High Yield Fund and received Form 1099-DIV (see separate tab).
inda lost her job in late 2022 and collected unemployment in 2023 as shown on Form 1099-G (see separate tab).
Russell was divorced on April 1,2021 and pays his ex-spouse, Lois Long (SSN 313-29-3133) alimony of \$200 per month in 2023.
Russell's Social Security number is 664-98-5678 and Linda's is 554-98-3946. They made an estimated tax payment to the IRS of \(\$ 300\) on December 31,2023.
Required:
Complete the Longs' federal tax return for 2023 on Form 1040, Schedule 1, Schedule B, Schedule C, Form 8829, and the Qualified Dividends and Capital Gain Tax Worksheet.
- Do not complete Form 4562(depreciation) or Form 8812(additional child tax credit). You may ignore any related selfemployment taxes. Make realistic assumptions about any missing data.
- If required, enter a "loss" as a negative number on the tax form. Do not enter deductions or other amounts as negative numbers.
- If an amount box does not require an entry or the answer is zero, enter "0".
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