Compute net tax payable or refund due for T and S for 2019.
Explanation of Solution
Step 1: Compute taxable income of T and S for the year of 2019.
Details | Amount ($) | Amount ($) | Reference |
T’s net business | 124,000 | Refer working note 1 | |
S’s salary | 145,000 | ||
Interest income | 7,000 | ||
Gross income | 276,000 | ||
Less: Deduction for AGI | |||
Capital losses | (3,000) | Refer working note 2 | |
Self-employment tax deduction | (8,760) | (11,760) | Refer working note 3 |
Adjusted gross income | 264,240 | ||
Less: ‘From AGI deduction’ | |||
Itemized deductions | (27,900) | ||
Deduction for qualified business income | (23,048) | (50,948) | Refer working note 4 |
Taxable income | $213,292 |
Step 2: Compute net tax payable or refund due for T and S.
Details | Amount ($) | Amount ($) | Reference |
Tax Liability | 39,539 | Refer working note 5 | |
Add: Self-employment tax | 17,521 | Refer working note 3 | |
Total tax liability | 57,060 | ||
Less: Prepayments and credits: | |||
Income tax withheld | (31,850) | ||
Estimated tax payments | (20,000) | ||
Child tax credit | 4,000 | Refer working note 7 | |
Credit for child and dependent care expenses | (600) | (56,450) | Refer working note 6 |
Net tax payable (refund due) | $610 |
Working note (1): Calculate T’s net business.
Working note (2): Calculate the capital losses for the year of 2019.
Step 1: Calculate short-term capital loss.
Step 2: Calculate long-term capital loss.
Step 3: Calculate total capital losses.
In a taxable year, an individual can deduct a maximum of $3,000 of net capital losses. Hence, T and S can deduct capital losses of $3,000.
Working note (3):
Calculate self-employment tax deduction.
Step 1: Calculate net earnings from self-employment.
Step 2: Calculate self-employment tax.
The self-employed tax rate for 2014 is 15.3% on the first $117,000 of net earnings from self-employment and then 2.9% on the portion in excess of $117,000.
Step 3: Calculate self-employment tax deduction.
In 2019, ‘For AGI Deduction’ the deduction part of the self-employment tax is 50% of self-employment tax. Hence, the deduction is $8,760.5
Working note (4): Calculate deduction for qualified business income.
Working note (5): Calculate tax liability for T and S.
Working note (6): Calculate credit for child and dependent care expenses.
In general, the maximum credit for child and dependent care expenses is limited to $3,000 for one qualifying child. The credit rate varies between 20% and 30%, depending on the AGI of the taxpayers.
In this case, the expenses are limited to 20% of $3,000 or $600. S is eligible to get the credit of $600 because, her age is under 13. But, D does not qualify to get the credit due to her age of 16.
The amount of credit for child and dependent care expenses is calculated as below:
Working note (7): Calculate child tax credit.
Both children are under age 17. Hence, both are qualifying for the child tax credit. So, the child tax credit is $4,000 (2 × $2,000).
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