Question

Travis has a 2,400 square foot home. He is self employeed and uses one room of his home exclusively for his business. The area of the office is 240 square feet. During the past year, he painted his office and replaced the door at a cost of $500; paid for utilities for his home, $3,000; paid property taxes, $1,500; paid mortgage interest, $3,600; and replaced a door jam and door for his patio, $600. Travis has __________$ in deductible direct expenses and ________$ in deductible indirect expenses. (Enter your answers as whole numbers.)

Answer 1

Answer:

$500;$810

Explanation:

Based on the information given we were told that he painted his office and replaced the door at a cost of the amount of $500 which means that Travis has the amount of $500 in deductible direct expenses

Calculation for deductible indirect expenses.

First step is to calculate the utilities

Utilities= $3,000 x (240/2,400)

Utilities= $3,000 x 10%

Utilities= $300

Second step is to calculate the property taxes

Property taxes= $1,500 x 10%

Property taxes= $150

Third step is to calculate the mortgage interest

Mortgage interest= $3,600 x 10%

Mortgage interest= $360

Now let calculate the deductible indirect expenses.

Deductible indirect expenses=$300+$150+$360

Deductible indirect expenses=$810

Therefore Travis has $500 in deductible direct expenses and $810 in deductible indirect expenses.