Maxine pursued a hobby of knitting socks in her spare time. During the year she sold the socks for $ 2,250. She incurred expenses as follows:
Supplies $2,200
Interest on loan to get business started 350
Advertising 475
Assuming that the activity is deemed a hobby and that she cannot itemize this year, how should she report these items on her tax return?
a. Include $2,250 in income and deduct $3,025 for AGI.
b. Ignore both income and expenses since hobby losses are disallowed.
c. Include $2,250 in income and deduct nothing for AGI since hobby expenses must be itemized.
d. Include $2,250 in income and deduct interest of $350 for AGI.
e. None of the above.