Arnold and helga decide to start selling homemade jewelry on etsy to earn some extra income. however, the materials they use are expensive, and it takes them a long time to finish each piece of jewelry because they bicker about how it should look. in short, their process is not efficient. their daughter phillipa suggests that they design the pieces before they start making the jewelry to increase their productivity. they are able to make the jewelry more quickly and decrease their average total cost of production. when arnold and helga are able to expand the size of their operation, they are able to experience –.

Jacob is a member of wcc (an llc taxed as a partnership). jacob was allocated $155,000 of business income from wcc for the year. jacob’s marginal income tax rate is 37 percent. the business allocation is subject to 2.9 percent of self-employment tax and 0.9 percent additional medicare tax. (round your intermediate calculations to the nearest whole dollar a) what is the amount of tax jacob will owe on the income allocation if the income is not qualified business income? b) what is the amount of tax jacob will owe on the income allocation if the income is qualified business income (qbi) and jacob qualifies for the full qbi duduction?