Charlotte (age 40) is a surviving spouse and provides all of the support of her four minorchildren (ages 4, 8, 11, and 14) who live with her. She also maintains the household inwhich her parents live and furnished 60% of their support. Charlotte's father earned $2,400from a part-time job and received $5,500 of municipal bond interest. Charlotte has a salaryof $81,800, a short-term capital loss of $2,000, a cash prize of $4,000 from a church raffle,and itemized deductions of $10,500.Click here to access the Components of the tax formula to use, if required. If anamount is zero, enter "$0".a. Compute Charlotte's taxable income.Xb. Using the Tax Rate Schedules (click here), tax liability (before any allowable credits) forCharlotte is $for 2023.c. Compute Charlotte's child and dependent tax credit.Charlotte's child tax credit is $refundable and her dependent tax credit ismay be refundable.of which $'may beof which $

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SWFT Comprehensive Volume 2019

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