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Aurora Furniture Sales, Inc. is located at 2713 Long Drive, Peoria, AZ 85345. The Corporation uses the calendar year and accrual basis for both book and tax purposes. It is engaged in the sale of office furniture with an employer identification number (EIN) of 95-3281545

Aurora Furniture Sales, Inc. is located at 2713 Long Drive, Peoria, AZ 85345. The
Corporation uses the calendar year and accrual basis for both book and tax purposes. It is engaged in the sale of office furniture with an employer identification number (EIN)
of 95-3281545. The company incorporated on December 31, 2004, and began business on January 2, 2005. Table 3-1 contains balance sheet information at January 1, 2008, and December 31, 2008. Table 3-2 presents an income statement for 2008. These schedules are presented on a book basis. Other information follows.

Estimated Tax Payments (Form 2220):
The corporation deposited estimated tax payments as follows:
April 15, 2008                                                   $105,000
June 16, 2008 (June 15 fell on a Sunday)           216,000
September 15, 2008                                           253,000
December 15, 2008                                            253,000
Total                                                                   $827,000

Taxable income in 2007 was $1,700,000, and the 2007 tax was $578,000. The corporation
earned its 2008 taxable income evenly throughout the year. Therefore, it does not use
the annualization or seasonal methods.


Inventory and Cost of Goods Sold (Schedule A):
The corporation uses the periodic inventory method and prices its inventory using the
lower of FIFO cost or market. Only beginning inventory, ending inventory, and purchases
should be reflected in Schedule A. No other costs or expenses are allocated to cost of
goods sold. Note: the corporation is exempt from the uniform capitalization (UNICAP)
rules because average gross income for the previous three years was less than $10 million.

TABLE 3-1
Aurora Furniture Sales, Inc.—Book Balance Sheet Information
January 1, 2008                                  December 31, 2008
Account                                                               Debit                      Credit                    Debit                      Credit
Cash                                                                      $ 67,244                                                $ 99,845
Accounts receivable                                       427,248                                                                    496,800
Allowance for doubtful accounts                                                $ 36,316                                                $ 42,228
Inventory                                                              2,300,000                                              3,220,000
Investment in corporate stock                      180,000                                                                 65,000
Investment in municipal bonds                    30,000                                                   30,000
Cash surrender value of insurance policy                 20,000                                                   34,000
Buildings                                                               1,800,000                                              1,800,000
Accumulated depreciation—Buildings                                     90,000                                                   126,000
Equipment                                                           1,050,000                                              1,580,000
Accumulated depreciation—Equipment                                                 175,000                                                                 207,333
Trucks                                                                    240,000                                                                 240,000
Accumulated depreciation—Trucks                                          72,000                                                   120,000
Land                                                                      500,000                                                                 500,000
Deferred tax asset                                            15,305                                                   14,732
Accounts payable                                                                            1,000,000                                              600,000
Notes payable (short-term)                                                            500,000                                                                 400,000
Accrued payroll taxes                                                                     13,800                                                   17,250
Accrued state income taxes                                                        7,500                                                      12,200
Accrued federal income taxes                                                                                                                    112,449
Bonds payable (long-term)                                                            1,800,000                                          1,400,000
Deferred tax liability                                                                         175,181                                                                 312,560
Capital stock—Common                                                               920,000                                                                 920,000
Retain earnings—Unappropriated                                               1,840,000                                          3,810,357 
Totals                                                                     $6,629,797           $6,629,797           $8,080,377      $8,080,377



Line 9 (a)                     Check (ii)
(b), (c) & (d)                Not applicable
(e) & (f)                        No

Compensation of Officers (Schedule E):
  (a)                               (b)                   (c)        (d)       (f)
John Hettinger             456-73-6181      100%    50%      $270,000
Jennifer Herzog            672-86-8094      100%    25%      164,000
Richard Dotson            354-23-1134      100%    25%      164,000
Total                                                                             $598,000

Bad Debts:
For tax purposes, the corporation uses the direct writeoff method of deducting bad debts.
For book purposes, the corporation uses an allowance for doubtful accounts. During 2008,
the corporation charged $36,800 to the allowance account, such amount representing actual
writeoffs for 2008.

Additional Information (Schedule K):
1 b       Accrual                                                6-7        No
2 a       451140                                      8          Do not check box
   b       Retail sales                                           9          Fill in the correct amount
   c       Furniture                                              10         3
3-4a     No                                                       11         Do not check box
4b        Yes                                                       12         Not applicable
5          No                                                       13         No

TABLE 3-2
Aurora Furniture Sales, Inc.—Book Income Statement 2008
Sales                                                                                                                                                      $ 9,200,000
Returns                                                                                                                                                      (230,000)
Net sales                                                                                                                                              $ 8,970,000
Beginning inventory                                                                          $2,300,000
Purchases                                                                                            5,060,000
Ending inventory                                                                                                (3,220,000)
Cost of goods sold                                                                                                                           (4,140,000)
Gross profit                                                                                                                                          $ 4,830,000
Expenses:
Amortization                                                                       $ –0–
Depreciation                                                                      186,333
Repairs                                                                                  19,136
General insurance                                                            50,600
Net premium-Officers’ life insurance                         41,400
Officer’s compensation                                                  598,000
Other salaries                                                                     368,000
Utilities                                                                                  66,240
Advertising                                                                          44,160
Legal and accounting fees                                           46,000
Charitable contributions                                                                 27,600
Payroll tax                                                                            57,500
Interest expense                                                                193,200
Bad debt expense                                                            42,712
Total expenses                                                                                                                                   (1,740,881)
Gain on sale of equipment                                                                                                            120,000
Interest on municipal bonds                                                                                                          4,600
Dividend income                                                                                                                              11,040
Net loss on stock sales                                                                                                                     (16,000)
Net income before income taxes                                                                                               $ 3,208,759
Federal income tax expense                                                                                                        (1,077,402)
State income tax expense                                                                                                             (69,000)
Net income                                                                                                                                         $ 2,062,357
Organizational Expenditures:
The corporation incurred $6,500 of organizational expenditures on January 2, 2005.

For book purposes, the corporation expensed the entire expenditure pursuant to Statement of Position 98-5.

For tax purposes, the corporation elected under Sec. 248 to deduct $5,000
in 2005 and amortize the remaining $1,500 amount over 180 months, with a full month’s
amortization taken for January 2005. The corporation reports this amortization in Part
VI of Form 4562 and includes it in “Other Deductions” on Form 1120, Line 26.

Capital Gains and Losses:
The corporation sold 100 shares of PDQ Corp. common stock on March 7, 2008, for
$55,000. The corporation acquired the stock on December 15, 2007, for $65,000.

The corporation also sold 75 shares of JSB Corp. common stock on September 17, 2008, for $44,000. The corporation acquired this stock on September 18, 2005, for $50,000. The
corporation has a $7,500 capital loss carryover from 2007.

Fixed Assets and Depreciation:
For book purposes: The corporation uses straight-line depreciation over the useful lives of
assets as follows: Store building, 50 years; Equipment, 15 years (old) and ten years (new);
and Trucks, five years. The corporation takes a half-year’s depreciation in the year of
acquisition and the year of disposition and assumes no salvage value. The book financial
statements in Tables 3-1 and 3-2 reflect these calculations.

For tax purposes: All assets are MACRS property as follows: Store building, 39-year nonresidential real property; Equipment, seven-year property; and Trucks, five-year property.
The corporation acquired the store building for $1.8 million and placed it in service on
January 2, 2005. The corporation acquired two pieces of equipment for $350,000
(Equipment 1) and $700,000 (Equipment 2) and placed them in service on January 2,
2005. The corporation acquired the trucks for $240,000 and placed them in service on
July 18, 2006. The corporation did not make the expensing election under Sec. 179 on
any property acquired before 2008. Accumulated tax depreciation through December 31, 2007, on these properties is as follows:

Store building              $136,602
Equipment 1                196,945
Equipment 2                393,890
Trucks                           124,880

On November 16, 2008, the corporation sold for $400,000 Equipment 1 that originally
cost $350,000 on January 2, 2005. The corporation had no Sec. 1231 losses from
prior years. In a separate transaction on November 17, 2008, the corporation acquired
and placed in service a piece of equipment costing $880,000. These two transactions do
not qualify as a like-kind exchange under Reg. Sec. 1.1031(k)-1(a). The new equipment is
seven-year property. The corporation made the Sec. 179 expensing election with regard to the new equipment and claimed bonus depreciation. Where applicable, use published IRS depreciation tables to compute 2008 depreciation (reproduced in Appendix C of this text).

Other Information:
• The corporation’s activities do not qualify for the U.S. production activities deduction.
• Ignore the AMT and accumulated earnings tax.
• The corporation received dividends (see Income Statement in Table C:3-4) from taxable, domestic corporations, the stock of which Aurora Furniture Sales, Inc. owns less
than 20%.
• The corporation paid $92,000 in cash dividends to its shareholders during the year
and charged the payment directly to retained earnings.
• The state income tax in Table C:3-2 is the exact amount of such taxes incurred during
the year.

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