Bruce Is Employed as an Executive and His Wife,Marie,is a Self-Employed

Multiple Choice

Bruce is employed as an executive and his wife,Marie,is a self-employed realtor.Besides Bruce's salary,Bruce and Marie own a warehouse that they rent to a local business for storage.This year they paid $1,250 for electric service in the warehouse.Marie also paid self-employment tax of $6,200 and Bruce had $7,000 of Social Security taxes withheld from his pay.Marie paid $45 fee to rent a safe deposit box to store records associated with her realty operation.Which of the following is a true statement?

A) One-half of the social security tax is deductible for AGI.
B) Only the electric bill is deductible for AGI.
C) The self-employment tax is not deductible.
D) The safe deposit fee and the electric bill are deductible for AGI.
E) None of the choices are true.