344 Exam 1 Winter 2024

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1 ACC 344: Howard Bunsis Exam 1: Winter 2024 You are to work alone Send your work in a direct email to me by Saturday, February 17 th at 11pm Q1=15; Q2=14; Q3=26; Q4=6; Q5=39 1. Consider the following information for two SINGLE taxpayers for 2023 (no children) For each situation: a. What was the tax owed? b. What is the average tax rate (based on taxable income) and the marginal rate? c. How much did the taxpayers save in taxes by making the charitable contribution? 2. For each independent situation, determine: (i) The filing status of the taxpayer, with a full explanation (ii) The number of dependents the taxpayer can claim (not including themselves), and the reasons for your answer (QC, QR, what tests fail or succeed and why) a. Mildred has one child, Hannah, who is 18 years old at the end of the year. Hannah lived at home for four months during the year before leaving home to work full time in another city. During the year, Hannah earned $12,600. Mildred provided more than half of Hannah’s support for the year. b. Eunice and her spouse (they are married) reside with their daughter, Felicity, who is a 19-year-old undergraduate student at the local university. Felicity earned $14,800 at a part-time summer job, but she deposited this money in a savings account for graduate school and did not use it for her own support. Eunice and her spouse fully support Felicity. c. John’s spouse died last year, and John has not remarried. John fully supports his father, Zachary, age 89, who lives in a nursing home and had total income this year of $5,600. d. Tia is unmarried and has no children, but she provides the vast majority of the financial support for her mother, who lives in an apartment across town. Her mother has total income of $2,740. 1. Situation A Situation B Wage Income 122,000 86,700 Non-Qualified dividend income 2,200 1,900 Interest income on corporate bonds 3,400 3,750 Life insurance proceeds received 140,000 140,000 Medical expenses paid 845 9,560 Social security taxes paid 7,564 5,375 Medicare taxes paid 1,769 1,257 State income taxes paid 7,930 5,636 Local property taxes paid 0 9,345 Mortgage Interest paid 0 8,100 Charitbale contributions paid in cash 3,680 711 Federal taxes withheld 21,000 10,100
2 3. For the following situations, determine the following for 2023: a. Tax owed b. How much did this taxpayer save in taxes due to the lower rate on capital gains? Show TWO WAYS to determine the savings and reconcile that the amounts for each way match. 4. Zeb, a single taxpayer, is retired and received $11,000 of social security benefits this year. Zeb had pension income of $29,000 (this does count and is modified AGI), which was the only other income item he had. a. What portion of the $11,000 social security benefits are taxable? b. What portion of the $11,000 social security benefits would be taxable if pension income were $19,000 instead of $29,000? 3. Situation C Situation D Situation E Status, no children MFJ MFJ MFJ Wage Income 114,000 228,000 337,000 Interest income from IBM Co. bonds 0 3,500 660 Qualified dividend income 0 5,980 5,300 Sold Tesla stock purchased 2 years ago: Proceeds in 2023 0 108,100 155,800 Cost 2 years ago 0 42,000 46,300 IRA Contribution made (payment by taxpayers) 1,900 1,900 1,900 Medical costs out of pocket paid 3,200 3,200 3,200 State income taxes paid 5,700 11,400 16,850 Property taxes paid 0 12,100 19,100 Mortage interest paid 0 10,600 15,845 Charitable contributions 75 4,100 5,935 Tax preparation fees 125 2,500 5,000 Federal taxes withheld 10,000 48,000 82,000
3 5. Answer the following questions for the following three scenarios, based on the information below: a. What is the tax owed for 2023? b. How much did this taxpayer save in taxes due to the lower rate on capital gains? Show TWO WAYS to determine the savings and reconcile that the amounts for each way match. c. How much did the Affordable Care Act (ObamaCare) cost each taxpayer(s) in additional taxes? d. What are the average tax rates for each scenario? How do these rates compare to the marginal rates associated with total taxable income in each scenario? Are the gaps in these rates justified? Give pros and cons. Bonus: A single taxpayer has the following information. What is the tax owed (nothing withheld) in situations A and B? A: Wage income of 99,000, gambling income of 22,000 and gambling losses of 37,000. B: Wage income of 99,000, gambling income of 22,000 and gambling losses of 7,000 The taxpayer does not own a home, and paid state income taxes of 3,100, and never went to the doctor or gave anything to charity. What is the tax owed for 2023? The taxpayer is not a professional gambler. Scenario J Scenario K Scenario L Status (no children) MFJ MFJ Single Wage Income 164,000 497,000 757,000 Interest income on corporate bonds 2,500 5,100 5,500 Inetrest income on tax-free municipal bonds 1,200 2,900 0 Qualified dividend income 0 10,300 12,600 Non-Qualified dividend income 0 3,100 4,900 Procceeds from selling stock that was purchased 3 years ago 43,000 204,000 365,000 Cost of that stock 3 years ago 11,000 61,000 180,600 Medical expenses paid 3,980 3,980 3,980 Home mortgage interest paid 0 12,600 13,700 State income taxes paid 7,100 22,365 34,065 Local property taxes paid 0 12,100 21,800 Charitable contributions paid 460 7,800 0 Unreimbursed job expenses 1,300 2,300 0 Federal income taxes withheld 25,500 145,500 287,000
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