Question

Priscella pursued a hobby of making bedspreads in her spare time. Her AGI before considering the hobby is $40,000. During 2019 she sold the bedspreads for $10,000. She incurred expenses as follows: Supplies, $4,000; Interest expense on loan to get business started, $500; Advertising expense, $6,500. Assuming that the activity is deemed a hobby, how should she report these items on her tax return

Answer 1

Answer:

• Income = $10,000
• Adjusted Gross Income (AGI) Deduction = $0
• Claim $10,000 as itemized deduction due to expenses

Explanation:

The activity being a hubby does not exempt it from tax so the $10,000 will be included as income for tax purposes and there will be no deduction for this from the AGI.

She can however, claim her expenses as itemized deductions. There is no tax on interest payment so expenses deducted are:

= 4,000 + 6,500 - 500

= $10,000