Taylor and Kevin are married and file a joint return. Taylor and Kevin have two young children (ages 3 and 5) that live with them full time. Assume these children meet the criteria for the child tax credit and that Taylor and Kevin are eligible to claim it. Recall that the 2023 standard deduction amount for married filing jointly is $27,700. Also assume that their employers withheld $8,000 of federal income tax from their paychecks. Assuming that Taylor and Kevin's taxable income is $100,000, and considering the facts above, please compute how much tax is due with the couple's return. For your convenience, the married filing jointly (MFJ) schedule is shown below.

Taylor and Kevin are married and file a joint return. Taylor and Kevin have two young children (ages 3 and 5) that live with them full time. Assume these children meet the criteria for the child tax credit and that Taylor and Kevin are eligible to claim it. Recall that the 2023 standard deduction amount for married filing jointly is $27,700. Also assume that their employers withheld $8,000 of federal income tax from their paychecks. Assuming that Taylor and Kevin's taxable income is $100,000, and considering the facts above, please compute how much tax is due with the couple's return. For your convenience, the married filing jointly (MFJ) schedule is shown below.

Individual Income Taxes

43rd Edition

ISBN:9780357109731

Author:Hoffman

Publisher:Hoffman

Chapter7: Deductions And Losses: Certain Business Expenses And Losses

Section: Chapter Questions

Problem 30CE: Phillis and Trey are married and file a joint tax return. For 2019, they have 4,800 of nonbusiness...

See similar textbooks

Similar questions

Phillis and Trey are married and file a joint tax return. For 2019, they have 4,800 of nonbusiness capital gains, 2,300 of nonbusiness capital losses, 500 of interest income, and no itemized deductions. The standard deduction for married filing jointly is 24,400. Based on these transactions, to arrive at the NOL, Phillis and Treys taxable income must be adjusted by what amount?
Bill and Anne Chambers are married and file a joint return. They have no children. Their college friend Ryan lived with them for the entire current tax year. Ryan is 40 years old and earned 2,000 at a part-time job and received 25,000 in municipal bond interest. Ryan is a citizen of the United States and is unmarried. Which of the following statements is true regarding claiming Ryan as a dependent on the Chamberses tax return? a. If Ryan earns 15,000 in self-employment income in addition to the part-time job and municipal bond interest, he will qualify as a dependent on the Chamberses tax return. b. Ryan qualifies as a dependent for the Chamberses under the qualifying child rules. c. As long as Ryan does not provide more than half of his own support, he qualifies as a dependent for the Chamberses under the qualifying relative rules because he lived with them for the entire year. d. As long as the Chamberses provide more than half of Ryans support, he qualifies as a dependent for the Chamberses under the qualifying relative rules.
Otto and Monica are married taxpayers who file a joint tax return. For the current tax year, they have AGI of $80,300. They have excess depreciation on real estate of $67,500, which must be added back to AGI to arrive at AMTI. The amount of their mortgage interest expense for the year was $25,000, and they made charitable contributions of $7,500. If Otto and Monica's taxable income for the current year is $47,800 determine the amount of their AMTI. _______________________________________________________________________
Leroy and Amanda are married and have three dependent children. During the current year, they have the following income and expenses: Salaries 120,000 Interest income 45,000 Royalty income 27,000 Deductions for AGI 3,000 Deductions from AGI 9,000 a. What is Leroy and Amandas current year taxable income and income tax liability? b. Leroy and Amanda would like to lower their income tax. How much income tax will they save if they validly transfer 5,000 of the interest income to each of their children? Assume that the children have no other income and that they are entitled to a 1,050 standard deduction.
Sammy and Monica, both age 67, incur and pay medical expenses in excess of insurance reimbursements during the year as follows. Sammy and Monicas 2019 AGI is 130,000. They file a joint return. Chuck and Carter are Sammy and Monicas dependents. a. What is Sammy and Monicas medical expense deduction for regular income-tax purposes? b. What is Sammy and Monica's AMT adjustment for medical expenses?
Which of the following would preclude a taxpayer from deducting student loan interest expense? a. The total amount paid is 1,000. b. The taxpayer is single with AGI of 55,000. c. The taxpayer is married filing jointly with AGI of 120,000. d. The taxpayer is taken as a dependent of another taxpayer.
Compute the 2019 AMT exemption for the following taxpayers. a. Bristol, who is single, reports AMTI of 650,000. b. Marley and Naila are married and file a joint tax return. Their AMTI is 1,528,000.