None Question 1 of 15.Which of the following taxpayers is NOT eligible for an exception to the 10% early distribution penalty from a retirementaccount?O Adam (52) has worked for the Boston Police Department for 26 years with no break in service.O Jennifer (53) in a teacher for the Amherst School District in New HampshireOulus (51) works as a comections officer at Rikers IslandTracy (50) was dagnosed with ALS. Her doctors estimate har ste expectancy to be about two to seven years.

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Individual Income Taxes

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Chapter10: Deductions And Losses: Certain Itemized Deductions

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LO.2 During 2019, Susan incurred and paid the following expenses for Beth (her daughter), Ed (her father), and herself: Beth qualifies as Susans dependent, and Ed would also qualify except that he receives 7,400 of taxable retirement benefits from his former employer. Beths psychiatrist recommended Red River Academy because of its small classes and specialized psychiatric treatment program that is needed to treat Beths illness. Ed, who is a paraplegic and diabetic, entered Heartland in October. Heartland offers the type of care that he requires. Upon the recommendation of a physician, Susan has an air filtration system installed in her personal residence. She suffers from severe allergies. In connection with this equipment, Susan incurs and pays the following amounts during the year: The system has an estimated useful life of 10 years. The appraisal was to determine the value of Susans residence with and without the system. The appraisal states that the system increased the value of Susans residence by 2,200. Ignoring the AGI floor, what is the total of Susans expenses that qualifies for the medical expense deduction?
LO.2 Barbara incurred the following expenses during the year: 840 dues at a health club she joined at the suggestion of her physician to improve her general physical condition, 240 for multiple vitamins and antioxidant vitamins, 500 for a smoking cessation program, 250 for nonprescription nicotine gum, 600 for insulin, and 7,200 for funeral expenses for her mother who passed away in June. Before considering the AGI limitation, what amount may Barbara include in computing her medical expense deduction?
Margaret, age 65, and John, age 62, are married with a 23 -year-old daughter who lives in their home. They provide over half of their daughter's support, and their daughter earned $4,100 this year from a part-time job. Their daughter is not a full-time student. The daughter can/cannot be claimed as a dependent because: She cannot be claimed because she is over 19 and not a full-time student. She can be claimed because she is a qualifying child. She can be claimed because she is a qualifying relative. She cannot be claimed because she fails the gross income test.
Abbe, age 56, is married and has two dependent children, one age 14, and the other a 21 -year-old full-time student. Abbe has one job, and her husband, age 58, is not employed. If she expects to earn wages of $50,000, file jointly, and take the standard deduction, how many allowances should Abbe claim on her Form W-4? 4 5 7 8 9
Alton Newman, age 67, is married and files a joint return with his wife, Clair, age 65. Alton and Clair are both retired, and during 2018, they received Social Security benefits of 10,000. Both Alton and Clair are covered by Medicare. Altons Social Security number is 111-11-1119, and Clairs is 123-45-6786. They reside at 210 College Drive, Columbia, SC 29201. Alton, who retired on January 1, 2018, receives benefits from a qualified pension plan of 2,750 a month for life. His total contributions to the plan (none of which were deductible) were 168,250. In January 2018, he received a bonus of 2,000 from his former employer for service performed in 2017. No income taxes were withheld on this bonus by his former employer (Amalgamated Industries, Inc.; EIN 12-3456789; 114 Main Street, Columbia, SC 29201). Although Amalgamated Industries, Inc., accrued the bonus in 2017, it was not paid until 2018. Clair, who retired on December 31, 2017, started receiving benefits of 1,400 a month on January 1, 2018. Her contributions to the qualified pension plan (none of which were deductible) were 74,100. On September 27, 2018, Alton and Clair received a pro rata 10% stock dividend on 600 shares of stock they owned. They had bought the stock on March 5, 2011, for 20 a share. On December 16, 2018, they sold the 60 dividend shares for 55 a share. On October 10, 2018, Clair sold the car she had used in commuting to and from work for 17,000. She had paid 31,000 for the car in 2012. On July 14, 2010, Alton and Clair received a gift of 1,000 shares of stock from their son, Thomas. Thomass basis in the stock was 35 a share (fair market value at the date of gift was 25). No gift tax was paid on the transfer. Alton and Clair sold the stock on October 8, 2018, for 24 a share. On May 1, 2018, Clairs mother died, and Clair inherited her personal residence. In February 2018, her mother had paid the property taxes for 2018 of 2,100. The residence had a fair market value of 235,000 and an adjusted basis to the mother of 160,000 on the date of her death. Clair listed the house with a real estate agent, who estimated it was worth 240,000 as of December 31, 2018. Clair received rent income of 6,000 on a beach house she inherited three years ago from her uncle Charles. She had rented the property for one week during the July 4 holiday and one week during the Thanksgiving holiday. Charless adjusted basis in the beach house was 150,000, and its fair market value on the date of his death was 240,000. Clair and Alton used the beach house for personal purposes for 56 days during the year. Expenses associated with the house were 3,700 for utilities, maintenance, and repairs; 2,200 for property taxes; and 800 for insurance. There are no mortgages on the property. Clair and Alton paid estimated Federal income tax of 2,000 and had itemized deductions of 6,800 (excluding any itemized deductions associated with the beach house). If they have overpaid their Federal income tax, they want the amount refunded. Both Clair and Alton want 3 to go to the Presidential Election Campaign Fund. Compute their net tax payable or refund due for 2018, using the appropriate tax rate schedule (not the Tax Tables). If you use tax forms for your computations, you will need at a minimum Form 1040 and Schedule D. Suggested software: ProConnect Tax Online.
Addison Parker (Social Security number 123-45-6785), single and age 32, lives at 3218 Columbia Drive, Spokane, WA 99210. She is employed as regional sales manager by VITA Corporation, a manufacturer and distributor of vitamins and food supplements. Addison is paid an annual salary of 83,000 and a separate travel allowance of 28,000. In order to access the travel allowance, VITA requires adequate accounting by Addison. Addison participates in VITAs contributor) health and 401(k) plans. During 2019, she paid 4,500 for her share of the medical insurance and contributed 11,000 to the 401(k) retirement plan. Addison uses her automobile 70% for business and 30% for personal. The automobile, a Toyota Avalon, was purchased new on June 30, 2017, for 37,000 (no trade-in was involved). Depreciation has been claimed using the MACRS 200% declining-balance method, and no 179 election was made in the year of purchase. (For depreciation information, see the IRS Instructions for Form 4562, Part V.) During 2019, Addison drove 15,000 miles and incurred and paid the following expenses relating to the automobile: Because VITA does not have an office in Spokane, the company expects Addison to maintain one in her home. Out of 1.500 square feet of living space in her apartment, Addison has set aside 300 square feet as an office. Expenses for 2019 relating to the office are listed below. Addisons employment-related expenses (except for the trip to Korea) for 2019 are summarized below. Most of Addisons business trips involve visits to retail outlets in her region. Store managers and their key employees, as well as some suppliers, were the parties entertained. The business gifts were boxes of candy costing 30 (25 each plus 5 for wrapping and shipping) sent to 18 store managers at Christmas. The continuing education was a noncredit course dealing with improving management skills that Addison took online. In July 2019, Addison traveled to Korea to investigate a new process that is being developed to convert fish parts to a solid consumable tablet form. She spent one week checking out the process and then took a one-week vacation tour of the country. The round-trip airfare was 3,600, and her expenses relating to business were 2,100 for lodging (300 each night), 1,470 for meals, and 350 for transportation. Upon returning to the United States, Addison sent her findings about the process to her employer. VITA was so pleased with her report that it gave her an employee achievement award of 10,000. The award was sent to Addison in January 2020. Besides the items already mentioned, Addison had the following receipts in 2019: Regarding the city lot (located in Vancouver), Addison purchased the property in 2004 for 16,000 and held it as an investment. Unfortunately, the neighborhood where the lot was located deteriorated, and property values declined. In 2019, Addison decided to cut her losses and sold the property for 13,000. The sailboat was used for pleasure and was purchased in 2015 for 16,500. Addison sold the boat because she purchased a new and larger model (see below). While at the Spokane airport, Addison found an unmarked envelope containing 55,000 in 50 bills. Because no mention of any lost funds was noted in the media, Addison kept the money. Addisons expenditures for 2019 (not previously noted) are summarized below. Addison keeps careful records regarding sales taxes. In 2019, the sales tax total was unusually high due to the purchase of a new sailboat. In 2019, Addison decided to pay her church pledge for both 2019 and 2020. The insurance premium was on a policy covering her fathers life. (Addison is the designated beneficiary under the policy.) Addisons employer withheld 8,600 for Federal income tax purposes, and she applied her 800 overpayment for 2018 toward the 2019 tax liability. Compute Addisons Federal income tax payable (or refund) for 2019. In making the calculation, use the Fax Rate Schedule and disregard the application of the alternative minimum tax (AMI), which is not discussed until Chapter 12.
John Benson, age 40, is single. His Social Security number is 111-11-1111, and he resides at 150 Highway 51, Tangipahoa, LA 70465. John has a 5-year-old child, Kendra, who lives with her mother, Katy. As a result of his divorce in 2016, John pays alimony of 6,000 per year to Katy and child support of 12,000. The 12,000 of child support covers 65% of Katys costs of rearing Kendra. Kendras Social Security number is 123-45-6789, and Katys is 123-45-6788. Johns mother, Sally, lived with him until her death in early September 2019. He incurred and paid medical expenses for her of 15,588 and other support payments of 11,000. Sallys only sources of income were 5,500 of interest income on certificates of deposit and 5,600 of Social Security benefits, which she spent on her medical expenses and on maintenance of Johns household. Sallys Social Security number was 123-45-6787. John is employed by the Highway Department of the State of Louisiana in an executive position. His salary is 95,000. The appropriate amounts of Social Security tax and Medicare tax were withheld. In addition, 9,500 was withheld for Federal income taxes and 4,000 was withheld for state income taxes. In addition to his salary, Johns employer provides him with the following fringe benefits. Group term life insurance with a maturity value of 95,000; the cost of the premiums for the employer was 295. Group health insurance plan; Johns employer paid premiums of 5,800 for his coverage. The plan paid 2,600 for Johns medical expenses during the year. Upon the death of his aunt Josie in December 2018, John, her only recognized heir, inherited the following assets. Three months prior to her death, Josie gave John a mountain cabin. Her adjusted basis for the mountain cabin was 120,000, and the fair market value was 195,000. No gift taxes were paid. During the year, John reported the following transactions. On February 1, 2019, he sold for 45,000 Microsoft stock that he inherited from his father four years ago. His fathers adjusted basis was 49,000, and the fair market value at the date of the fathers death was 41,000. The car John inherited from Josie was destroyed in a wreck on October 1, 2019. He had loaned the car to Katy to use for a two-week period while the engine in her car was being replaced. Fortunately, neither Katy nor Kendra was injured. John received insurance proceeds of 16,000, the fair market value of the car on October 1, 2019. On December 28, 2019, John sold the 300 acres of land to his brother, James, for its fair market value of 160,000. James planned on using the land for his dairy farm. Other sources of income for John are: Potential itemized deductions for John, in addition to items already mentioned, are: Part 1Tax Computation Compute Johns net tax payable or refund due for 2019. Part 2Tax Planning Assume that rather than selling the land to James, John is considering leasing it to him for 12,000 annually with the lease beginning on October 1, 2019. James would prepay the lease payments through December 31, 2019. Thereafter, he would make monthly lease payments at the beginning of each month. What effect would this have on Johns 2019 tax liability? What potential problem might John encounter? Write a letter to John in which you advise him of the tax consequences of leasing versus selling. Also prepare a memo addressing these issues for the tax files.
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Caprice is a single 42-year-old with income of $14,000 in 2020. She lacked minimum essential coverage for 7 months in 2020. What is her individual shared responsibility payment amount? a.$50.00 b.$0 c.$405.44 d.$695.00 e.None of these choices are correct.
Sally hires a maid to work in her home for $1,030 per month. The maid is 25 years old and not related to Sally. During 2018, the maid worked 5 months for Sally. Do not round immediate computations and round your final answers to two decimal places. a. What is the amount of Social Security tax Sally must pay as the maid's employer?$ b. What is the amount of Medicare tax Sally must pay as the maid's employer? Sally's employer's Medicare tax: $ c. What is the amount of Social Security and Medicare tax which must be withheld from the maid's wages? Sally should withhold for Social Security and Medicare tax of: $
1. The Ndlovu family has applied for a new medical Scheme membership. Bokamoso (age 33 years) and his wife, Lebo (age 26 years) have a son Junior (age 4 months). They also want to Bokamoso's mother, Lethabo (age 56). She lives with them and is financially dependant on them. The healthcare broker has advised that a 50% late joiner penalty will apply to her membership. 2. The standard contributions are as follows: Role Principal member Spouse / Adult dependant Child dependant b. R9 833 c. R10 170 d. R11 925 Contribution e. None of the above R 2 400 R 2 100 R 900 Contribution to Medical Savings Account Calculate their total monthly contribution and choose the correct answer. a. R9 675 R 360 R 315 R 135 Total contribution R 2 760 R 2 415 R 1 035

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