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4) Reasonablegingamountgmeansgthatgexpendituresgcangbegexorbitantgasglonggasgthegactivitygi
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5) Thegtestgforgwhethergangexpendituregisgreasonablegingamountgisgwhethergthegexpenditur
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6) Illegalgbribesgandgkickbacksgaregnotgdeductiblegasgbusinessgexpensesgbutgfinesgimposedgb
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7) Althoughgexpensesgassociatedgwithgillegalgactivitiesgaregnotgdeductible,gpoliticalgc
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8) Whengagtaxpayergborrowsgmoneygandginvestsgthegloangproceedsgingmunicipalgbonds,gth
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9) Agbusinessgcangdeductgthegcostgofguniformsgsuppliedgtogemployees.
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10) Onlyghalfgthegcostgofgagbusinessgmealgisgdeductiblegevengifgthegmealgisgextravagant.
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11) Taxpayersgmustgmaintaingwrittengcontemporaneousgrecordsgofgbusinessgpurposegwhe
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12) Ralphgborrowedg$4gmilliongandgusedgthegproceedsginghisgInternetgbusiness.gTheginterestgo
ngthisgdebtgisgnotgsubjectgtoganginterestglimitationgifgRalph'sgbusinessghasgaveragegannualggrossgr
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13) Adjustedgtaxablegincomegforgcalculatinggthegbusinessginterestglimitationgisgdefinedgasgta
xablegincomegofgthegtaxpayergcomputedgwithoutgregardgtoganygitemgofgincome,ggain,gdeduction,g
orglossgthatgisgnotgproperlygallocablegtogagtradegorgbusiness.
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14) Thegdeductiongforgbusinessginterestgexpensegisglimitedgtogthegsumgofg(1)gbusinessgintere
stgincomegandg(2)g30gpercentgofgthegadjustedgtaxablegincomegofgthegtaxpayergforgthegtaxablegye
ar.
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15) Thegdeductiongforgbusinessginterestgexpensegisglimitedging2020gtogthegsumgofg(1)gbusine
ssginterestgincomegandg(2)g40gpercentgofgthegadjustedgtaxablegincomegofgthegtaxpayergforgthegtax
ablegyear.
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16) Aglossgdeductiongfromgagcasualtygofgagbusinessgassetgisgonlygavailablegifgthegassetg
isgcompletelygdestroyed.
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17) Allgtaxpayersgmustgaccountgforgtaxablegincomegusinggagcalendargyear.
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18) AgshortgtaxgyeargcangendgonganygdaygofganygmonthgothergthangDecember.
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19) AgfiscalgtaxgyeargcangendgongtheglastgdaygofganygmonthgothergthangDecember.
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20) Agbusinessggenerallygadoptsgagfiscalgorgcalendargyeargbygusinggthatgyear-
endgongthegfirstgtaxgreturngforgthegbusiness.
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21) Solegproprietorshipsgmustgusegthegsamegtaxgyeargasgthegproprietorgofgthegbusiness.
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22) Evengagcash-
methodgtaxpayergmustgconsistentlygusegaccountinggmethodsgthatg"clearlygreflectgincome"gfo
rgtaxgpurposes.
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23) Theg12-
monthgrulegallowsgtaxpayersgtogdeductgthegentiregamountgofgcertaingprepaidgbusinessgexp
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eventsgtestgforgincomegdeterminesgthegperiodgingwhichgincomegwillgbegrecognizedgforgtaxgpurpo
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