LSG Company is a calendar year, cash basis taxpayer. On November 1, 2018, LSG paid $9,450 cash to the janitorial service firm that cleans LSG’s administrative offices and retail stores. How much of this expenditure can LSG deduct in 2018 assuming that the expenditure is a prepayment for 18 months of cleaning services from November 2018 through April 2020?

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LSG Company is a calendar year, cash basis taxpayer. On November 1, 2018, LSG paid $9,450 cash to the janitorial service firm that cleans LSG’s administrative offices and retail stores.

  1. How much of this expenditure can LSG deduct in 2018 assuming that the expenditure is a prepayment for 18 months of cleaning services from November 2018 through April 2020?
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