Diana and Ryan Workman were married on January 1 of last year. Ryan has an eight-year-old son, Jorge, from his previous marriage. Diana works as a computer programmer at Datafile Incorporated (DI) earning a base salary of $98,000. Ryan is self-employed and runs a day care center. The Workmans reported the following financial information pertaining to their activities during the current year. a. Diana earned a $98,000 base salary for the year (not including any taxable benefits). b. Diana borrowed $12,400 from DI to purchase a car. DI charged her 2 percent interest ($248) on the loan, which Diana paid on December 31. DI would have charged Diana $760 if interest had been calculated at the applicable federal interest rate. Assume that tax avoidance was not a motive for the loan. c. Ryan received $2,200 in alimony and $4,900 in child support payments from his former spouse. They divorced in 2016. d. Ryan won a $940 cash prize at his church-sponsored Bingo game. e. The Workmans received $700 of interest from corporate bonds and $450 of interest from a municipal bond. Ryan owned these bonds before he married Daina. f. The couple bought 58 shares of ABC Incorporated stock for $44 per share on July 2. The stock was worth $55 a share on December 31. The stock paid a qualified dividend of $1 per share on December 1. g. Ryan's father passed away on April 14. He inherited cash of $54,000 from his father and his baseball card collection, valued at $2,400. As the beneficiary of his father's life insurance policy, Ryan also received $154,000. h. The couple spent a weekend in Atlantic City in November and came home with gross gambling winnings of $1,600. i. Diana received $1,200 cash for reaching 10 years of continuous service at DI. j. Diana was hit and injured by a drunk driver while crossing a street at a crosswalk. she was unable to work for a month. She received $6,800 from her disability insurance. DI paid the $2,000 premiums for Diana, and it reported the amount of the premiums as compensation to Diana on her year-end W-2. k. The drunk driver who hit Diana in part (j) was required to pay her $2,400 medical costs, $1,900 for the emotional trauma she suffered from the accident, and $5,800 for punitive damages. I. For meeting her performance goals this year, Diana was informed on December 27 that she would receive a $5,400 year-end bonus. DI (located in Houston, Texas) mailed Diana's bonus check from its payroll processing center (Tampa, Florida) on December 28. Diana didn't receive the check at home until January 2. m. Ryan is a 10 percent owner of MNO Incorporated, a Subchapter S corporation. The company reported ordinary business income for the year of $100,000. Ryan acquired the MNO stock two years ago. n. Ryan's day care business collected $55,000 in revenues. In addition, customers owed him $5,000 at year-end. During the year, Ryan spent $7,500 for supplies, $3,500 for utilities, $19,000 for rent, and $700 for miscellaneous expenses. One customer gave him use of their vacation home for a week (worth $4,500) in exchange for Ryan allowing their child to attend the day care center free of charge. Ryan accounts for his business activities using the cash method of accounting. o. Diana's employer pays the couple's annual health insurance premiums of $7,500 for a qualified plan. Comprehensive Problem 5-77 Part 1 and 3 (Algo) Required: 1. Assuming the Workmans file a joint tax return, determine their total gross income, reduced by any deductible expenses from the day care business (this is called total income on the Form 1040). 3. Assuming the Workmans live in California, a community property state, and that Diana and Ryan file separately, determine Diana's total gross income, reduced by any deductible expenses from the day care business (this is called total income on the Form 1040).

Diana and Ryan Workman were married on January 1 of last year. Ryan has an eight-year-old son, Jorge, from his previous marriage. Diana works as a computer programmer at Datafile Incorporated (DI) earning a base salary of $98,000. Ryan is self-employed and runs a day care center. The Workmans reported the following financial information pertaining to their activities during the current year. a. Diana earned a $98,000 base salary for the year (not including any taxable benefits). b. Diana borrowed $12,400 from DI to purchase a car. DI charged her 2 percent interest ($248) on the loan, which Diana paid on December 31. DI would have charged Diana $760 if interest had been calculated at the applicable federal interest rate. Assume that tax avoidance was not a motive for the loan. c. Ryan received $2,200 in alimony and $4,900 in child support payments from his former spouse. They divorced in 2016. d. Ryan won a $940 cash prize at his church-sponsored Bingo game. e. The Workmans received $700 of interest from corporate bonds and $450 of interest from a municipal bond. Ryan owned these bonds before he married Daina. f. The couple bought 58 shares of ABC Incorporated stock for $44 per share on July 2. The stock was worth $55 a share on December 31. The stock paid a qualified dividend of $1 per share on December 1. g. Ryan's father passed away on April 14. He inherited cash of $54,000 from his father and his baseball card collection, valued at $2,400. As the beneficiary of his father's life insurance policy, Ryan also received $154,000. h. The couple spent a weekend in Atlantic City in November and came home with gross gambling winnings of $1,600. i. Diana received $1,200 cash for reaching 10 years of continuous service at DI. j. Diana was hit and injured by a drunk driver while crossing a street at a crosswalk. she was unable to work for a month. She received $6,800 from her disability insurance. DI paid the $2,000 premiums for Diana, and it reported the amount of the premiums as compensation to Diana on her year-end W-2. k. The drunk driver who hit Diana in part (j) was required to pay her $2,400 medical costs, $1,900 for the emotional trauma she suffered from the accident, and $5,800 for punitive damages. I. For meeting her performance goals this year, Diana was informed on December 27 that she would receive a $5,400 year-end bonus. DI (located in Houston, Texas) mailed Diana's bonus check from its payroll processing center (Tampa, Florida) on December 28. Diana didn't receive the check at home until January 2. m. Ryan is a 10 percent owner of MNO Incorporated, a Subchapter S corporation. The company reported ordinary business income for the year of $100,000. Ryan acquired the MNO stock two years ago. n. Ryan's day care business collected $55,000 in revenues. In addition, customers owed him $5,000 at year-end. During the year, Ryan spent $7,500 for supplies, $3,500 for utilities, $19,000 for rent, and $700 for miscellaneous expenses. One customer gave him use of their vacation home for a week (worth $4,500) in exchange for Ryan allowing their child to attend the day care center free of charge. Ryan accounts for his business activities using the cash method of accounting. o. Diana's employer pays the couple's annual health insurance premiums of $7,500 for a qualified plan. Comprehensive Problem 5-77 Part 1 and 3 (Algo) Required: 1. Assuming the Workmans file a joint tax return, determine their total gross income, reduced by any deductible expenses from the day care business (this is called total income on the Form 1040). 3. Assuming the Workmans live in California, a community property state, and that Diana and Ryan file separately, determine Diana's total gross income, reduced by any deductible expenses from the day care business (this is called total income on the Form 1040).

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Chapter8: Taxation Of Individuals

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