ompute the 2021 standard deduction for the following taxpayers. If an amount is zero, enter "0". Click here to access the standard deduction table to use. a. Ellie is 15 and claimed as a dependent by her parents. She has $800 in dividends income and $1,400 in wages from a part-time job. $fill in the blank 1 b. Ruby and Woody are married and file a joint tax return. Ruby is age 66, and Woody is 69. Their taxable retirement income is $10,000. $fill in the blank 2 c. Shonda is age 68 and single. She is claimed by her daughter as a dependent. Her earned income is $500, and her interest income is $125. $fill in the blank 3 d. Frazier, age 55, is married but is filing a separate return. His wife itemiz

ompute the 2021 standard deduction for the following taxpayers. If an amount is zero, enter "0". Click here to access the standard deduction table to use. a. Ellie is 15 and claimed as a dependent by her parents. She has $800 in dividends income and $1,400 in wages from a part-time job. $fill in the blank 1 b. Ruby and Woody are married and file a joint tax return. Ruby is age 66, and Woody is 69. Their taxable retirement income is $10,000. $fill in the blank 2 c. Shonda is age 68 and single. She is claimed by her daughter as a dependent. Her earned income is $500, and her interest income is $125. $fill in the blank 3 d. Frazier, age 55, is married but is filing a separate return. His wife itemiz

SWFT Essntl Tax Individ/Bus Entities 2020

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Compute the 2019 standard deduction for the following taxpayers. a. Ellie is 15 and claimed as a dependent by her parents. She has 800 in dividends income and 1,400 in wages from a part-time job. b. Ruby and Woody are married and file a joint tax return. Ruby is age 66, and Woody is 69. Their taxable retirement income is 10,000. c. Shonda is age 68 and single. She is claimed by her daughter as a dependent. Her earned income is 500, and her interest income is 125. d. Frazier, age 55, is married but is filing a separate return. His wife itemizes her deductions.
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Karen, 28 years old and a single taxpayer, has a salary of $33,000 and rental income of $33,000 for the 2019 calendar tax year. Karen is covered by a pension through her employer. What is the maximum amount that Karen may deduct for contributions to her IRA for 2019? $__________________________ If Karen is a calendar year taxpayer and files her tax return on August 15, what is the last date on which she can make her contribution to the IRA and deduct it for 2019? $__________________________
During the 2019 tax year, Brian, a single taxpayer, received $ 7,400 in Social Security benefits. His adjusted gross income for the year was $14,500 (not including the Social Security benefits) and he received $ 30,000 in tax-exempt interest income and has no for-AGI deductions, Calculate the amount of the Social Security benefits that Brian must include in his gross income for 2019. SIMPIFIED TAXABLE SOCIAL SECURITY WORKSHEET (FOR MOST PEOPLE) 1. Enter the total amount of Social Security income. 2. Enter one-half of line 1 3. Enter the total of taxable income items on Form 1040 except Social Security income. 4. Enter the amount of tax-exempt interest income. 5. Add lines 2,3, and 4 6. Enter all adjustments for AGl except for student loan interest, the domestic production activities deduction, and the tuition and fees deduction. 7. Subtract line 6 from line 5 . If zero or less, stop here, none of the Social Security benefits are taxable. 8. Enter $ 25,0001 $ 32,000 if married filing jointly; 0 if married filing separately and living with spouse at any time during the year) 9. Subtract line 8 from line 7 . If zero or less, enter -0 - Note: If line 9 is zero or less, stop here; none of your benefits are faxable. Otherwise, go on to line 10 10. Enter $ 9,0001 $12,000 if married filing jointly; 0 if married filing separately and living with spouse at any time during the year) 11. Subtract line 10 from line 9. If zero or less, enter -0 -. 12. Enter the smaller of line 9 or line 10 . 13. Enter one-half of line 12 14. Enter the smaller of line 2 or line 13 . 15. Multiply line 11 by 85 (. 85 ). If line 11 is zero, enter -0 -. 16. Add lines 14 and 15 17. Multiply line 1 by 85(.85) 18. Taxable benefits. Enter the smaller of line 16 or line 17 . 1.____________ 2.____________ 3.____________ 4.____________ 5.____________ 6.____________ 7.____________ 8.____________ 9.____________ 10.____________ 11.____________ 12.____________ 13.____________ 14.____________ 15.____________ 16.____________ 17.____________ 18.____________
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