Marc and Michelle are married and earned salaries this year of $64,000 and $12,000, respectively. In addition to their salaries, they received interest of $350 from municipal bonds and $500 from corporate bonds. Marc contributed $2,500 to an individual retirement account, and Marc paid alimony to a prior spouse in the amount of $1,500. Marc and Michelle have a 10-year-old son, Matthew, who lived with them throughout the entire year. Thus, Marc and Michelle are allowed to claim a $2,000 child tax credit for Matthew. Marc and Michelle paid $6,000 of expenditures that qualify as itemized deductions and they had a total of $3,500 in federal income taxes withheld from their paychecks during the course of the year.
- a) What is Marc and Michelle’s gross income?
- b) What is Marc and Michelle’s adjusted gross income?
- c) What is the total amount of Marc and Michelle’s deductions from AGI?
- d) What is Marc and Michelle’s taxable income?
- e) What is Marc and Michelle’s taxes payable or refund due for the year? (Use the tax rate schedules.)
- f) Complete Marc and Michelle’s Form 1040 pages 1 and 2, and Schedule 1 (use the most recent form available).
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- Individual Income TaxesAccountingISBN:9780357109731Author:HoffmanPublisher:CENGAGE LEARNING - CONSIGNMENT