Question

Jorgensen High Tech Inc. is a calendar-year, accrual-method taxpayer. At the end of year 1, Jorgensen accrued and deducted the following bonuses for certain employees for financial accounting purposes.

$40,000 for Ken.
$30,000 for Jayne.
$20,000 for Jill.
$10,000 for Justin.
How much of the accrued bonuses can Jorgensen deduct in year 1 under the following alternative scenarios?
(Leave no answer blank. Enter zero if applicable.)
Jorgensen paid the bonuses to employees on March 1 of year 2, and there is a requirement that the employee remain employed with Jorgensen on the payment date to receive the bonus.

Answer 1

May deduct 100,000 in year 2 because the amount weren’t fixed at end of year 1 reason been that the employees are tend to be eligible to receive the bonuses only in a situation where they are employed on date that bonuses were been paid.

Step-by-step explanation:

Calculation of How much of the accrued bonuses can Jorgensen deduct in year 1

March 1 of Year 2

Ken 40,000

Jayne30,000

Jill20,000

Justin 10,000

Total 100,000

In March 1 of year 2 the amount of $ 100,000 may

likely be deducted reason been that it was paid within 2 and a half months of year end.

Since we were told that Jorgensen paid the bonuses to employees on March 1 of year 2 and was as well told that the employee remain employed with Jorgensen on the date of the payment in order to receive the bonus this means that May deduct 100,000 in year 2 because the amount weren’t fixed at end of year 1 reason been that the employees are tend to be eligible to receive the bonuses only in a situation where they are employed on date that bonuses were been paid.