Rachel Is an Engineer Who Practices as a Sole Proprietor

Essay

Rachel is an engineer who practices as a sole proprietor. This year, Rachel had net business income of $500,000 (net of the deduction for self-employment taxes, the self-employed health insurance deduction, and the deduction for contributions to qualified self-employment retirement plans)from her business. Assume that Rachel pays $20,000 wages to her employees, she has $500,000 of property (unadjusted basis of equipment she purchased last year), she has no capital gains, her taxable income before the deduction for qualified business income is $380,000, and she is unmarried. Calculate Rachel's deduction for qualified business income.