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85. Hank started a new business, Hank's Donut World (HW for short), in June of last year. He has requested your advice on the following specific tax matters associated with HW's first year of operations. Hank has estimated HW's income for the first year as follows: Revenue Donut sales $252,000 Catering revenues $323.550 Expenditures: Donut supplies Catering expense Salaries to shop employees Rent expense Accident insurance premiums Other business expenditures $124.240 27,910 52,500 40.050 8.400 Net income $ 63,60O HW operates as a sole proprietorship and Hank reports on a calendar year. Hank uses the cash method of accounting and plans to do the same with HW (HW has no inventory of donuts because unsold donuts are not salable). HW does not purchase donut supplies on credit nor does it generally make sales on credit. Hank has provided the following details for specific first-year transactions. . A small minority of HW clients complained about the catering service. To miti- gate these complaints, Hank's policy is to refund dissatisfied clients 50 of the catering fee. By the end of the first year, only two HW clients had com- plained but had not yet been paid refunds. The expected refunds amount to $1,700, and Hank reduced the reported catering fees for the first year to reflect the expected refund. percent . In the first year, HW received a $6,750 payment from a client for catering a monthly breakfast for 30 consecutive months beginning in December. Because the payment didn't relate to last year, Hank excluded the entire amount when he calculated catering revenues. . In July. HW paid $1,500 to ADMAN Co. for an advertising campaign to distrib- ute fliers advertising HW's catering service. Unfortunately, this campaign vio- lated a city code restricting advertising by fliers, and the city fined HW $250 for the violation. HW paid the fine, and Hank included the fine and the cost of the campaign in "other business" expenditures. . In July, HW also paid $8,400 for a 24-month insurance policy that covers HW for accidents and casualties beginning on August 1 of the first year. Hank deducted the entire $8,400 as accident insurance premiums

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