Question

Iris, a calendar year cash basis taxpayer, owns and operates several TV rental outlets in Florida, and wants to expand to other states. During 2014, she spends $14,000 to investigate TV rental stores in South Carolina and $9,000 to investigate TV rental stores in Georgia. She acquires the South Carolina operations, but not the outlets in Georgia. As to these expenses, Iris should:

Answer 1

Expense $23,000 for 2014

Step-by-step explanation:

The computation is shown below:

Given that

Amount spent on investigating the TV rental stores is $14,000 in south Carolina

And, the amount spent on investigating the TV rental stores is $14,000 in Georgia is $9,000

So, the expenses that should be spent in the year 2014 is

= $14,000 + $9,000

= $23,000

The same is to be considered