Please help me to solve this question Chapter 5 Comprehensive Problem 2Robin and Joshua were married on January 1 of last year. Robin has a nine-year-old daughter,Alyssa, from her previous marriage. Joshua works as an audit manager at CwP LLC earning asalary of $126,000. Robin is self-employed and runs a food truck selling cronuts. The couplereported the following financial information pertaining to their activities during the current year.What is the couple's gross income?a.b.C.d.e.f.g.h.i.j.k.Joshua earned a $126,000 salary for the year.Robin received $8,500 in child support payments from her former husband.The couple received $300 of interest from corporate bonds and $150 of interest froma municipal bond.The couple bought 50 shares of ABC Inc. stock for $40 per share on July 2. Thestock was worth $47 a share on December 31. The stock paid a dividend of $1.00per share on December 1.Robin's father passed away on April 14. She inherited cash of $50,000 from herfather and his baseball card collection, valued at $2,000. As beneficiary of herfather's life insurance policy, Robin also received $150,000.Joshua received $600 cash from CwP as a bonus for passing the CPA exam.Joshua was hit and injured by a drunk driver while crossing a street at a crosswalk.He was unable to work for a month. He received $6,300 from his disabilityinsurance. CwP paid the disability premiums for Joshua but they reported theamount of the premiums each year as compensation to him on his year-end W-2.The drunk driver who hit Joshua in part (j) was required to pay his $2,000 medicalcosts, $1,500 for the emotional trauma he suffered from the accident and $5,000 forpunitive damages.Robin is a 10 percent owner of NPM Inc., a Subchapter S corporation. The companyreported total ordinary business income for the year of $102,000. Robin acquired thestock two years ago.Robin's food truck business collected $35,000 in revenues. In addition, customersowed her $3,000 at year-end for catering orders delivered for December holidayparties. During the year, Robin spent $5,500 for supplies, $1,500 for utilities,$15,000 for cost of goods sold, and $500 for miscellaneous expenses. Robinaccounts for her business activities using the cash method of accounting.Joshua's employer pays the couple's annual health insurance premiums of $7,500.

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married on January 1 of last year. Robin has a ous marriage. Joshua works as an audit manage obin is self-employed and runs a food truck sel financial information pertaining to their activit ross income? a $126,000 salary for the year. $8,500 in child support payments from he eived $300 of interest from corporate bond

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