Sheldon and Odessa Sanford are married and elect to file Married Filing Jointly. Sheldon is 73 years old and Odessa is 64 years old. Odessa earned $33,000 in wages. After 30 years of service, Sheldon retired from his job on February 1, 2018. During his career, Sheldon contributed pre-tax dollars to a qualified 401(k) retirement plan through his employer. His retirement is fully taxable. Sheldon also received Social Security benefits of $7,600. Sheldon and Odessa are not blind and cannot be claimed as dependents by another taxpayer. Sheldon and Odessa are U. S. citizens and have valid Social Security numbers. 1. The required minimum distribution rules are temporarily waived for tax year 2020. True False

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.