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Freddie Has Been Assessed a Preparer Penalty for Willful and Reckless

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Freddie has been assessed a preparer penalty for willful and reckless conduct.When he completed Peggy's Federal income tax return (who is in the 35% tax bracket) , Freddie purposely omitted $100,000 of cash receipts that should have been reported as gross income.Freddie charged Peggy $4,000 to prepare the return.What is Freddie's preparer penalty?


A) $0, because Peggy incurred her own understatement penalty for the return.
B) $2,000.
C) $4,000.
D) $5,000.

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