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Stanford owns and operates two dry cleaning businesses. He travels to Boston to aquire a restaurant. Later in the month, he travels to New York to discuss aquiring a bakery. Stanford does not acuire the restaurant but does aquire the bakery on November 1, 2015.
Stand incurred the following expenses:
Total investigation costs related to the restaurant $28,000
Total investigation costs related to the bakery $51,000
What is the maximum amount Stanford can deduct in 2015 for investigation expenses?

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Answer:

$4,522

Explanation:

As the restaurant is not acquired so the amount of $28,000 would be non-deductible

Also if the expenses is incurred so the maximum deduction allowed is in excess of $50,000 is $5,000

Now

= $51,000 - $50,000

= $1,000 reduction

And,  

= $5,000 - $1,000

= $4,000 deduction

Now

= $51,000 - $4,000

= $47,000

Now

= $47,000 ÷ 180 months

= $261 × 2 months

= 522

Now total deduction is

= $4,000 + $522

= $4,522

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