Question

Sanjay is a single taxpayer that operates a curry cart on the streets of Baltimore. The business is operated as a sole proprietorship with no employees (Sanjay does everything). Sanjay's Schedule C reports income of $87,000. His taxable income is $80,000 and includes no capital gains. Compute Sanjay's QBI deduction.

Answer 1

QBI deduction = $16000

Step-by-step explanation:

QBI stands for qualified business income. Qualified business income includes those income that qualify as income, all money received especially in ordinary course of business and on regular basis qualifies as income. The qualified business income of a business is subject to various limitations. One of the most important limitations is that QBI deduction shouldn't exceed 20% of what taxpayers taxable income is. Sanjay's taxable income is $80000, considering the above mentioned limitation Sanjay's QBI deduction is as follows:

QBI deduction = $80000 × 20%

QBI deduction = $16000