1040 Preparation and Planning 6: Gross Income: Business, Farm, and Rental Income (2025)

Author: Barbara Weltman, Greg White

Per the IRS Education Provider Standards this course must be COMPLETED by 12/31/2027 to receive credits. NOTE: Go to My Professional Profile in your CCH CPELink account settings to ensure your name, and PTIN number; matches your PTIN card

This six-hour CPE course, the sixth in the 1040 Preparation and Planning series, covers income and expenses of sole proprietors and independent contractors on Schedule C, farm income and expenses on Schedule F, and rents and royalties on Schedule E.

Tax developments reflected in this course include the extensive changes effective for 2024 that were created by the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2023 (including SECURE Act 2.0), the Inflation Reduction Act of 2022, and other tax legislation, as well as IRS pronouncements, and court decisions. They impact 2023 tax year returns that will be filed during the 2024 filing season and refund opportunities for earlier years; as well as point the way to strategic planning in 2024 and beyond. This course brings the tax preparer "up-to-speed" in preparing 2024 tax returns for the 2025 filing season.

Publication Date: September 2024

Topics Covered

• Business Income and Expenses
• Spousal Businesses
• Business Deductions
• Reasonableness of Salaries
• What Constitutes a Business?
• Examples of Common Ordinary and Necessary Business Expenses
• Interest Expense Limitations
• Start-Up Expenses
• Advertising Expenses
• Business Bad Debts
• Loans by Shareholder-Employees
• Recovery of Bad Debts
• The Nonaccrual-Experience Method
• Explanation of Bad Debt Deduction on Tax Return
• Bribes and Kickbacks
• Fines and Penalties
• Lobbying Expenses
• Interest on Tax Deficiencies
• Repairs and Maintenance Costs
• Capital Expenditure
• Repair
• Capital Items
• Research and Development Expenditures
• Carrying Charges, Interest, and Taxes on Real Estate
• Travel Expenses
• Travel Expenses of Self-Employed Persons
• Expenses of Employees
• Accountable Plans
• Considerations for "Reasonable Time"
• Types of Expenses
• Traveling Expenses
• Spouse or Other Travel Companion
• Investment Seminars
• Foreign Conventions
• Cruise Ships
• Temporary Jobs Away from Home
• Commuting Expenses
• Deducting Vehicle Expenses
• Entertainment Expenses
• Club Dues
• Business Meals
• Exceptions to the 50% Limitation Rule
• Business Gifts
• Recording of Expenditures
• Per Diem Allowances
• Self-Employed Persons
• Statutory Employees
• Investment Expenses
• Home Office Expenses
• Exceptions to Exclusive Use Test
• Home Office Deduction
• Direct and Indirect Expenses
• Gross Income Limit
• Home Office Telephone
• Educational Expenses
• Deductible Expenses
• Depreciation
• Depreciation Deduction
• Failure to Take Depreciation
• Basis of Determining Depreciation
• Classes of Property
• Classes of Property under MACRS
• Classes of Property for Depreciation
• Half-Year Convention
• Mid-Quarter Convention
• Property Placed in Service
• Real Property
• "Qualified Improvement Property"
• Section 179 Deduction
• Taxable Income Limitation
• Bonus Depreciation
• Alternative Depreciation System (ADS)
• IRS Procedures
• Amortization
• Business Start-Up Expenditures
• Depletion
• Business Losses
• Net Operating Losses
• Loss Carrybacks and Carryovers
• Farm income and expenses
• Rents and royalties
• Passive Activity Loss (PAL) Rules
• Tests to Determine Material Participation
• Rental of a Home
• Qualified Business Income Deduction

Learning Objectives

• Recognize how to complete Schedule C
• Determine eligibility for and report deductions on a range of business expenses
• Identify how to report deductions for travel-away-from-home costs
• Determine whether meal cost limitations apply
• Recognize how to calculate deductions for business vehicle use
• Explain how to figure the home office deduction
• Explain property depreciation, first-year expensing, bonus depreciation, and depreciation recapture
• Explain how to apply the rules for amortization, depletion, different types of losses, and bad debts
• Identify expenditures subject to amortization
• Explain how to figure depletion deductions
• Explain how to apply the limits on trade or business losses
• Determine net operating losses
• Determine whether a debt is a business or nonbusiness bad debt
• List special deductions for farming activities
• Explain how to apply the passive activity loss rules to businesses and rental activities
• Determine when losses from the rental of a home are deductible
• Explain how to figure the qualified business income deduction

Level
Intermediate

Instructional Method
Self-Study

NASBA Field of Study
Taxes (6 hours)

Program Prerequisites
1040 Preparation and Planning: Fundamentals or basic understanding of Form 1040.

Advance Preparation
None