Bruce Is Employed as an Executive and His Wife, Marie

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 above is truE.The safe deposit fee is a business expense and the electric bill is a rental expenses.The employer portion of the self-employment taxes is deductible for AGI.