PROVIDE ALL FORMS AND EXPLANATIONS REQUESTED. 1) Form 1040 2) Form 1040 Schedule A 3) Form 1040 Schedule B 4) Form 1040 Schedule C 5) Form 1040 Schedule D 6) Form 1040 Schedule SE 7) Form 8949 8) Form 4562 Carrie A. Morgan, age 45, is single and lives with her dependent mother atXXXXX Allentown, PA 18105. Her social security number isNNN-NN-NNNN 1. Carrie is a licensed hairstylist and operates her own business. Located atXXXXX Allentown, PA 18105, the business is conducted under the name of Carrie’s Coiffures. Carrie’s business activity code is 812112. In addition to 10 workstations (i.e., stylist chairs) and a small reception area, the shop has display and storage areas for the products Carrie sells (see item 2 below). During the year, Carrie leased nine of the stations to other hairstylists. As is common practice in similar businesses in the area, the other stylists are considered to be self-employed. In fact, the IRS sanctioned the self-employment classification for the stylists in an audit of one of Carrie’s prior tax returns. Each stylist pays Carrie a fixed rent for the use of a workstation, resulting in $68,000 of rents received during 2012. From her own station, Carrie earned $44,000 (including tips of $12,000) for the styling services she provided to her own clients. 2. Carrie’s Coiffures is the local distributor for several beauty products (e.g., conditioners, shampoos) that cannot be purchased anywhere else. Carrie buys these items from the manufacturers and sells them to regular patrons, walk-in customers, and other beauticians (including those who lease chairs from her). Carrie’s Coiffures is also known for the selection and quality of its hairpieces (i.e., wigs, toupees). Through the shop, Carrie made the following sales during the year: Hairpieces and wigs $69,000 Beauty products 48,000 3. Although Carrie operates her business on a cash basis, she maintains inventory accounts for the items she sells as required by law. Relevant information about the inventories (based on lower of cost or market) is summarized below. 4. 12/31/11 12/31/12 Hairpieces and wigs $10,700 $12,600 Beauty products 11,400 9,900 5. Carrie’s purchases for 2012 were $30,500 of hairpieces and wigs and $26,100 of beauty products. 6. Carrie’s Coiffures had the following operating expenses for 2012: Utilities (i.e., gas, electric, telephone) $12,900 Ad valorem property taxes: On realty (e.g., shop building and land) $4,200 On personalty (e.g., equipment, inventory) 1,800 6,000 Styling supplies (e.g., rinses, dyes, gels, hair spray) 5,700 Fire and casualty insurance 4,100 Liability insurance 4,000 Accounting services 3,800 Janitorial services 2,400 Sewer service, garbage pickup $ 2,300 Water 2,200 Occupation licenses (city and state) 1,500 Waiting room supplies (e.g., magazines, coffee) 1,300 7. As Carrie prefers to avoid employer-employee arrangements and the payroll tax complexities, she retains outside agencies to handle her accounting and janitorial needs. 8. In early 2012, Carrie decided to renovate the waiting room. On May 10, she spent $10,400 for new chairs, a sofa, various lamps, coffee bar, and other furnishings. Carrie follows a policy of claiming as much depreciation as soon as possible. The old furnishings were thrown away or given to customers. For tax purposes, the old furnishings had a zero basis. 9. Carrie’s Coiffures is located in a building Carrie had constructed atXXXXXin March 1998. The shop was built for a cost of $300,000 on a lot she purchased earlier for $35,000. Except for a down payment from savings, the cost was financed by a 20- year mortgage. For tax purposes, MACRS depreciation is claimed on the building. During 2012, the following expenses were attributable to the property: Repainting (both exterior and interior) $8,000 Repairs (plumbing and electrical) 1,900 10. In May (after her accident settlement discussed in item 11 below), Carrie paid the balance due on the business mortgage. To do so, she incurred a prepayment penalty of $4,400. Prior to paying it off, she paid regular interest on the mortgage in 2012 of $6,000. 11. In February 2012, Carrie’s Coiffures was cited by the city for improper disposal of certain waste chemicals. Carrie questioned the propriety of the proposed fine of $2,000 and retained an attorney to represent her at the hearing. By pleading nolo contendere, the attorney was able to get the fine reduced to $500. Carrie paid both the fine of $500 and the attorney’s fee of $600 in 2012.
12. In August 2012, Carrie saw an ad in a trade publication that attracted her attention. The owner of a well-respected styling salon in Reading (PA) had died, and his estate was offering the business for sale. Carrie traveled to Reading, spent several days looking over the business ((including books and financial results), and met with theexecutor. Carried treated the executor to dinner and a music concert. Immediately afterthe concert, Carrie made an offer for the business, but the executor rejected it. Herexpenses in connection with this trip were as follows:
Car rental $140Entertainment of executor 280Motel (August 6-7) 220Meals 110
13. In March 2011, Joan Myers, one of Carrie’s best stylists, left town to get away from atroublesome ex-husband. In order to help Joan establish a business elsewhere, Carrieloaned her $7,000. Joan signed a note dated March 3, 2011, that was payable in oneyear with 6% interest. On December 30, 2012, Carrie learned that Joan had declaredbankruptcy and was awaiting trial on felony theft charges. Carrie never receivedpayment from Joan, nor did she receive any interest on the loan.
14. At Christmas, Carrie gave each of her 35 best customers a large bottle of body lotion.Each bottle had a wholesale cost to Carrie of $12 but a retail price of $24. Carrie alsospent $3 to have each bottle gift wrapped. (Note: The lotion was special ordermerchandise and was not part of the business’s inventory or purchases for the yearsee item 2 above.) She also gave each of the nine stylists who leased chairs from her abasket of fruit that cost $30 (not including $5 delivery cost).
15. In March 2012, the Pennsylvania Department of Revenue audited Carrie’s state incometax returns for 2009 and 2010. She was assessed additional state income tax of $340for these years. Surprisingly, no interest was included in the assessment. Carrie paidthe back taxes promptly.
16. On a morning walk in November 2011, Carrie was injured when she was sideswiped bya delivery truck. Carrie was hospitalized for several days, and the driver of the truckwas ticketed and charged with DUI. The owner of the truck, a national parcel deliveryservice, was concerned that further adverse publicity might result if the matter went tocourt. Consequently, the owner offered Carrie a settlement if she would sign a release.Under the settlement, her medical expenses were paid and she would receive a cashaward of $200,000. The award specified that the entire amount was for physical painand suffering. Because she suffered no permanent injury as a result of the mishap, shesigned the release in April 2012 and received the $200,000 settlement.
17. In January 2012, Carrie was contacted by the state of Pennsylvania regarding a tract ofland she owned in York County. The state intended to convert the property into adistrict headquarters, barracks, and training center for its highway patrol. Carrie hadinherited the property from her father when he died on August 11, 2011. The propertyhad a value of $140,000 on that date and had been purchased by her father on March3, 1980, for $30,000. On July 25, 2012, after considerable negotiation and after thestate threatened to initiate condemnation proceedings, she sold the tract to the statefor $158,000. Since Carrie is not comfortable with real estate investments, she does notplan to reinvest any of the proceeds received in another piece of realty.
18. When her father died in 2011, Carrie did not know that he had an insurance policy onhis life (maturity value of $50,000) in which she was named as the beneficiary. Whenher mother told her about the policy in July 2012, Carrie filed a claim with the carrier,Falcon Life Insurance Company. In August 2012, she received a check from Falcon for$51,500 (including $1,500 interest).
19. Upon the advice of a client who is a respected broker, Carrie purchased 1,000 shares ofcommon stock in Grosbeak Exploration for $40,000 on March 4, 2012. In the monthsfollowing her purchase, the share value of Grosbeak plummeted. Disgusted with theunexpected erosion in the value of her investment, Carrie sold the stock for $28,000 onDecember 23, 2012.
20. While on her way to work in 2011, Carrie was rear-ended by a hit-and-run driver. Thedamage to her Lexus was covered by her insurance company, General Casualty, exceptfor the $1,000 deductible she was required to pay. In 2012, the insurance companylocated the driver who caused the accident and was reimbursed by his insurer.Consequently, Carrie received a $1,000 refund check from General Casualty in May2012 to reimburse her for her $1,000 deductible.
21. After her father’s death, Carrie’s mother (Mildred Morgan, Social Security number NNN-NN-NNNN moved in with her. Mildred’s persistent back trouble made it difficult forher to climb the stairs to the second-floor bedrooms in Carrie’s house. So Carrie had anelevator installed in her personal residence at a cost of $12,000 in January 2012. Aqualified appraiser determined that the elevator increased the value of the personalresidence by $7,000. The appraisal cost $400. The operation of the elevator during2012 increased Carrie’s electric bill by $300.
22. As a favor to a long-time client who is a drama professor at a local state university,Carrie spent a weekend as a stylist preparing hairdos for the key actresses in the annual Theater Department fund-raising event. The drama professor supplied all of theresources that Carrie needed to provide her services. Carrie estimates that she wouldhave charged $800 for the services she donated to this charitable event.
23. In addition to the items already mentioned, Carrie had the following receipts during2012:
Interest incomeCD at Scranton First National Bank $900City of Lancaster general purpose bonds 490Money market account at Allentown State Bank 340 $1,730Qualified dividends on stock investmentsGeneral Motors $470AT&T common 380 850Federal income tax refund (for tax year 2011) 791Pennsylvania state income tax refund (for tax year 2011) 205
24. Expenditures for 2012, not previously noted, are summarized below.Contribution to pension plan $10,000MedicalPremiums on medical insurance $4,800Dental bills 1,400 6,200Property taxes on personal residence 3,800Interest on home mortgage 3,200Professional expensesSubscriptions to trade journals $ 180Dues to beautician groups 140 32025. The $10,000 contribution to the pension plan is to a § 401(k) type of plan sheestablished in 2011. Previously, she had contributed to an H.R. 10 (Keogh) plan butfound that the § 401(k) retirement arrangement provides more flexibility and is lesscomplex. The medical insurance policy covers Carrie and her dependents and wasissued in the name of the business (i.e., Carrie’s Coiffures). It does not cover dentalwork or capital modifications to a residence (see item 16 above).
26. During 2012, Carrie made the following total estimated tax payments with respect toher 2012 tax returns:
Federal estimated income tax payments $20,800Pennsylvania estimated income tax payments 2,400Allentown City estimated income tax payments 800
Requirements
Prepare an income tax return (with appropriate schedules) for Carrie for 2012. In doing this, use thefollowing guidelines:
1) Make necessary assumptions for information not given in the problem.
2) Carrie has itemized deductions ever since she became a homeowner many years ago.
3) The sales tax option was not chosen in 2011, and Carrie had no major purchases thatqualify for the sales tax deduction in 2012.
4) Carrie has substantiation (e.g., records, receipts) to support the transactions involved.
5) If a refund results, Carrie wants it sent to her.
6) Carrie is preparing her own return (i.e., no preparer is involved).
7) Carrie does not wish to contribute to the Presidential Election Campaign Fund.
