Gioia Company acquired some of the 68,000 shares of outstanding common stock (no par) of Tristezza Corporation during the current year as a long-term investment. The annual accounting period for both companies ends December 31. The following transactions occurred during the current year: Jan. 10 Purchased 18,875 shares of Tristezza common stock at $14 per share. Dec. 31 a. Received the current year financial statements of Tristezza Corporation that reported net income of $84,000. b. Tristezza Corporation declared a cash dividend of $0.6 per share. c. Tristezza Corporation paid the cash dividend declared in (b). d. Determined the market price of Tristezza stock to be $13 per share.

James jones is the owner of a small retail business operated as a sole proprietorship. during 2017, his business recorded the following items of income and expense: revenue from inventory sales $ 147,000 cost of goods sold 33,500 business license tax 2,400 rent on retail space 42,000 supplies 15,000 wages paid to employees 22,000 payroll taxes 1,700 utilities 3,600 compute taxable income attributable to the sole proprietorship by completing schedule c to be included in james’s 2017 form 1040. compute self-employment tax payable on the earnings of james’s sole proprietorship by completing a 2017 schedule se, form 1040. assume your answers to parts a and b are the same for 2018. further assume that james's business is not a service business, and that it has $155,000 unadjusted basis in tangible depreciable property. calculate james's 2018 section 199a deduction.