CengageNOWv2, 1 term Printed Access Card for Hoffman/Young/Raabe/Maloney/Nellen's South-Western Federal Taxation 2018: Individual Income Taxes, 41st
CengageNOWv2, 1 term Printed Access Card for Hoffman/Young/Raabe/Maloney/Nellen's South-Western Federal Taxation 2018: Individual Income Taxes, 41st
41st Edition
ISBN: 9781337389518
Author: William H. Hoffman, James C. Young, William A. Raabe, David M. Maloney, Annette Nellen
Publisher: Cengage Learning
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Chapter 10, Problem 41CP

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Compute net tax payable or refund due for Person A and Person B for 2018.

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Compute net tax payable or refund due for Person A and Person B for 2018:

ParticularsAmount ($)
Person B's salary$62,100
Person A's salary$58,000
Interest income$2,750
Adjusted gross income$122,850
Less: Itemized deductions (1)($36,486)
Taxable income$86,364
Tax from 2018 Married filing Joint tax table$10,879
Less: Prepayments and Credits 
         Income tax withheld ($5,300 + $4,500)($9,800)
         Dependent tax credit (2) (2 × $500)($1,000)
Net tax payable (or refund due) for 2018$79

Table (1)

Therefore, net tax payable for 2018 is $79.

Note: The taxpayer is not subjected to the AMT.

Working note (1): Compute the total itemized deductions:

ParticularsAmount ($)Amount ($)
Medical expenses:  
   Medical insurance premiums$4,500 
    Doctor bill for Person S paid in 2018 for services in            2017$7,600 
       Operations for Person S$8,500 
       Prescription medicines for Person S$900 
       Hospital expenses for Person S$3,500 
       Total medical expenses$25,000 
       Less: Reimbursement received in 2018($3,600) 
       Less: 7.5% of $122,850 AGI($9,214) 
       Medical expenses deductible in 2018 $12,186
Taxes:  
       State income taxes ($3,100 + $2,950 + $900)$6,950 
       Property taxes on residence$5,000 
 $11,950 
Overall limit on state and local taxes $10,000
Qualifies interest on home mortgage $8,700
Charitable contributions: (3)  
Church contribution$5,000 
Tickets to charity dinner dance$250 
(Only the excess of the ticket price of $300 over the cost of comparable entertainment of $50 is deductible)  
used clothing donated (limited to fair market value)$350$5,600
Total itemized deductions $36,486

Table (2)

Therefore, total itemized deductions $36,486.

Note: The expenses for Person A’s uniforms and laundry ($850 + $566) and Person B’s professional journals and dues ($400 + $741) are employee business expenses (and miscellaneous itemized deductions). The TCJA of 2017 suspends the deduction for miscellaneous itemized deductions from the year 2018 through 2025.

Person A and Person B would opt for itemize their deductions since total itemized deductions exceed the standard deduction of $24,000 for the year 2018 for married persons filing jointly.

Working note (2): Determine the dependent tax credit:

In addition to Person B’ son, Person J, Person B’s father, Person S, eligible as a dependent. Person C cannot be asserted as a dependent as she is not below age of 24 (as a result she is not a eligible child) and has too much income to be a qualifying relative. Person J does not eligible for the child tax credit because he is not under age 17. But both Person J and Person B eligible for the dependent tax credit of $500.

Working note (3): Determine charitable contribution:

The $400 specified to a required family via neither a crowd-funding site nor the $65 given to homeless individuals eligible for a charitable contribution as the amounts were not given to qualified organizations.

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To determine

Compute the taxable income and tax liability for 2018 in the given situation.

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Compute the taxable income and tax liability for 2018 in the given situation:

ParticularsAmount ($)
Person B's salary$88,000
Interest income ($32,000 + $2,750)$34,750
Adjusted gross income$122,750
Less: Itemized deductions (4)($30,794)
Taxable income$91,956
Tax liability from 2018 Married, filing jointly tax rate schedule$12,109

Table (3)

Therefore, Tax liability from 2018 married, filing jointly tax rate schedule is $12,109.

Working note (4): Determine the itemized deductions:

ParticularsAmount ($)Amount ($)
Medical expenses:  
   Medical insurance premiums$9,769 
   Estimated costs for Person A ($15,400  $6,400)$9,000 
Less: 10% of $122,750 AGI($12,275)$6,494
Taxes:  
       State income taxes ($3,100 + $4,000)$7,100 
       Property taxes on residence$5,100 
 $12,200 
Overall limit on state and local taxes $10,000
Qualified interest on home mortgage $8,700
Charitable contributions $5,600
Total itemized deductions $30,794

Table (4)

Therefore, total itemized deductions $30,794.

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