Jaylen Abbas Runs a Small Proprietorship (All Closing Inventory Is Valued at Market Value

Jaylen Abbas runs a small proprietorship.You have been provided with the following financial information pertaining to his business:
$\begin{array}{|l|r|}\hline \text { Sales } & \$ 150,000 \\\hline \text { Cost of goods sold* } & 80,000 \\\hline \text { Advertising in a local paper } & 1,000 \\\hline \text { Advertising in a U.S. newspaper directed } & 2,000\\\text { at Canadians living in the U.S. }\\\hline \text { Meals and entertainment } & 10,000 \\\hline \text { Property taxes on a vacant piece of land } & 2,500 \\\text { (which earns no income) adjacent to the } & \\\text { business } & \\\hline \text { Golf course fees for Jaylen } & 1,500 \\\hline \text { Cost of one convention held on a cruise } & 2,000 \\\text { ship in the Mediterranean Sea sponsored } & \\\text { by a Canadian fishing association. } &\\\hline\end{array}$
(All closing inventory is valued at market value.)
Required:
A) Calculate the net income for tax purposes for Jaylen's proprietorship.
B) Explain why any items have been omitted.
C) Briefly discuss how your answer in A) would change if Jaylen had valued the inventory at cost.

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