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1- Prepare the Federal Individual Income Tax Return (Form 1040) and supporting forms and schedules for Carrie A. Morgan for 2012. She is a procrastinator and is just getting around to getting her 2012 tax return completed.

2- You may obtain the necessary forms and schedules from www.irs.gov . Make sure you get the 2012 forms and schedules.

3- You can do the tax return manually or with software (make sure it is for 2012).

4. Maximum points = 100 pts. The grade will be based on accuracy, neatness, and completeness. Make sure that every line that is supposed to have an amount has an amount.

5- Deadline for the tax return is 5:00 p.m., Tuesday, October 14, 2014 (Advanced - Taxation) or Thursday, October 16, 2014 (Tax Research).

6- if you have any questions, send me an email, call me, or come to my office I (after you have done a thorough research to find the answers to your questions

7- You will need Form 1040, Sch. A, Sch. B, Sch. C, Sch. D, Form 8949, I Sch. SE, Form 4562.

Carrie A. Morgan, age 45, is single and lives with her dependent mother at 426 Grouse Avenue, Allentown, PA 18105. Her social security number is 111-11-1111.

1. Carrie is a licensed hairstylist and operates her own business. Located at 480 Laurel Street, 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 product                48,000

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.

	12/31/11	12/31/12
Hairpieces and wigs	$10,700	$12,600
Beauty products	11,400	9,900

   Carrie's purchases for 2012 were $30,500 of hairpieces and wigs and $26,100 of beauty products.

3. Carrie's Coiffures had the following operating expenses for 2012:

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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

   As Carrie prefers to avoid employer-employee arrangements and the payroll tax complexities, she retains outside agencies to handle her accounting and janitorial needs.

4. 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.

5. Carrie's Coiffures is located in a building Carrie had constructed at 480 Laurel Street in 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 properly:

Repainting (both exterior and interior)	$8,000
Repairs (plumbing and electrical)	1,900

   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 penally of $4,400. Prior to paying it off, she paid regular interest on the mortgage in 2012 of $6,000.

6. 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 nob 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.

7. 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 the executor. Carried treated the executor to dinner and a music concert. Immediately after the concert, Carrie made an offer for the business, but the executor rejected it. Her expenses in connection with this trip were as follows:

Car rental	$140
Entertainment of executor	280
Motel (August 6-7)	220
Meals	110

8. In March 2011, Joan Myers, one of Carrie's best stylists, left town to get away from a troublesome ex-husband. In order to help Joan establish a business elsewhere, Carrie loaned her $7,000. Joan signed a note dated March 3, 2011, that was payable in one year with 6% interest. On December 30, 2012, Carrie learned that Joan had declared bankruptcy and was awaiting trial on felony theft charges. Carrie never received payment from Joan, nor did she receive any interest on the loan.

9. 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 also spent $3 to have each bottle gift wrapped. (Note: The lotion was special order merchandise and was not part of the business's inventory or purchases for the year-see item 2 above.) She also gave each of the nine stylists who leased chairs from her a basket of fruit that cost $30 (not including $5 delivery cost).

10. In March 2012, the Pennsylvania Department of Revenue audited Carrie's state income tax returns for 2009 and 2010. She was assessed additional state income tax of $340 for these years. Surprisingly, no interest was included in the assessment. Carrie paid the back taxes promptly.

11. On a morning walk in November 2011, Carrie was injured when she was sideswiped by a delivery truck. Carrie was hospitalized for several days, and the driver of the truck was E-6E-7ticketed and charged with DUI. The owner of the truck, a national parcel delivery service, was concerned that further adverse publicity might result if the matter went to court. 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 cash award of $200,000. The award specified that the entire amount was for physical pain and suffering. Because she suffered no permanent injury as a result of the mishap, she signed the release in April 2012 and received the $200,000 settlement.

12. In January 2012, Carrie was contacted by the state of Pennsylvania regarding a tract of land she owned in York County. The state intended to convert the property into a district headquarters, barracks, and training center for its highway patrol. Carrie had inherited the property from her father when he died on August 11, 2011. The property had a value of $140,000 on that date and had been purchased by her father on March 3, 1980, for $30,000. On July 25, 2012, after considerable negotiation and after the state threatened to initiate condemnation proceedings, she sold the tract to the state for $158,000. Since Carrie is not comfortable with real estate investments, she does not plan to reinvest any of the proceeds received in another piece of realty.

13. When her father died in 2011, Carrie did not know that he had an insurance policy on his life (maturity value of $50,000) in which she was named as the beneficiary. When her 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).

14. Upon the advice of a client who is a respected broker, Carrie purchased 1,000 shares of common stock in Grosbeak Exploration for $40,000 on March 4, 2012. In the months following her purchase, the share value of Grosbeak plummeted. Disgusted with the unexpected erosion in the value of her investment, Carrie sold the stock for $28,000 on December 23, 2012.

15. While on her way to work in 2011, Carrie was rear-ended by a hit-and-run driver. The damage to her Lexus was covered by her insurance company, General Casualty, except for the $1,000 deductible she was required to pay. In 2012, the insurance company located the driver who caused the accident and was reimbursed by his insurer. Consequently, Carrie received a $1,000 refund check from General Casualty in May 2012 to reimburse her for her $1,000 deductible.

16. After her father's death, Carrie's mother (Mildred Morgan, Social Security number 123-45-6789) moved in with her. Mildred's persistent back trouble made it difficult for her to climb the stairs to the second-floor bedrooms in Carrie's house. So Carrie had an elevator installed in her personal residence at a cost of $12,000 in January 2012. A qualified appraiser determined that the elevator increased the value of the personal residence by $7,000. The appraisal cost $400. The operation of the elevator during 2012 increased Carrie's electric bill by $300.

17. 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 the resources that Carrie needed to provide her services. Carrie estimates that she would have charged $800 for the services she donated to this charitable event.

18. In addition to the items already mentioned, Carrie had the following receipts  during 2012:

  Interest income - 

CD at Scranton First National Bank                           $900

City of Lancaster general purpose bonds                  490

Money market account at Allentown State Bank 340            $1730

 Qualified dividends on stock investments 

General Motors                                                             $470

AT & T common    380        850                                                  

Federal income tax refund (for tax year 2011)                              791

Pennsylvania state income tax refund (for tax year 2011 )         205

19- Expenditures for 2012, not previously noted, are summarized below.  

Contribution to pension plan  .$10000

Medical - 

Premiums on medical insurance                         $4800

Dental bills $1400                 6200

Property taxes on personal residence                                            3800

interest on home mortgage 3200

Professional expenses -  

Subscriptions to trade journals                         $180

Dues to beautician groups 140                       320

The $10,000 contribution to the pension plan is to a Section 401(k) type of plan she established in 2011. Previously, she had contributed to an H.R. 10 (Keogh) plan but found that the Section 401(k) retirement arrangement provides more flexibility and is less complex. The medical insurance policy covers Carrie and her dependents and was issued in the name of the business (i.e., "Carrie's  Coiffures"). It does not cover dental work or capital modifications to a residence.

20.During 2012, Carrie made the following total estimated tax payments with respect to her 2012 tax returns:

Federal estimated income tax payments $20,800

Pennsylvania estimated income tax payments 2,400

Allentown City estimated inrronte tax payments 800

Requirements

Prepare an income tax return (with appropriate schedules) for Carrie for 2012. In doing this, use the following guidelines:

• Make necessary assumptions for information not given in the problem.
• Carrie has itemized deductions ever since she became a homeowner many years ago.
• The sales tax option was not chosen in 2011, and Carrie had no major purchases that qualify for the sales tax deduction in 2012.
• Carrie has substantiation (e.g., records, receipts) to support the transactions involved.
• If a refund results, Carrie wants it sent to her.
• Carrie is preparing her own return (i.e., no preparer is involved).
• Carrie does not wish to contribute to the Presidential Election Campaign Fund.