Cash-basis engineering consultant

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Dowd, a cash-basis engineering consultant, wanted to defer income to next year. A client who was in Dowd’s office on December 31 of the current year offered to pay his $2,000 bill immediately, but Dowd told him to pay in January. A check for $5,000 from another client arrived in the mail on December 29, and Dowd told his office manager not to deposit it until January. Dowd also told his office manager not to send a client a bill for $3,000 for services performed in the current year until January of next year. How much income from these transactions should Dowd report in the current year? Explain your answer!

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