Compute the child and dependent care credit in each of thefollowing independent cases:
a.Jack and Jill Jones are married and file a joint return. Jillworked full time earning $20,000, while Jack attended law schoolthe entire year. They incurred $6,500 of child care expenses duringthe year for their two children, ages eight and six.
b. Mary Morgan is a widow who worked full time the entire yearearning $23,000. She incurred the following child care expenses forher six-year-old daughter in order to be employed during the year:Kindergarten $400 Babysitters 600 Private school (first grade)600
c.Bill and Debra Page are divorced and have one dependent child,Betty, age nine. Bill had custody of Betty for five months thisyear and claimed Betty as an exemption on his tax return. Debra hadcustody of Betty for the remainder of the year. Debra incurred$3,600 of employment-related expenses during the year, while Billincurred $2,500 of employment-related expenses. Both were employedfor the entire year and each earned $20,000 in wages this year.
Compute the child and dependent care credit in each of thefollowing independent cases:
a.Jack and Jill Jones are married and file a joint return. Jillworked full time earning $20,000, while Jack attended law schoolthe entire year. They incurred $6,500 of child care expenses duringthe year for their two children, ages eight and six.
b. Mary Morgan is a widow who worked full time the entire yearearning $23,000. She incurred the following child care expenses forher six-year-old daughter in order to be employed during the year:Kindergarten $400 Babysitters 600 Private school (first grade)600
c.Bill and Debra Page are divorced and have one dependent child,Betty, age nine. Bill had custody of Betty for five months thisyear and claimed Betty as an exemption on his tax return. Debra hadcustody of Betty for the remainder of the year. Debra incurred$3,600 of employment-related expenses during the year, while Billincurred $2,500 of employment-related expenses. Both were employedfor the entire year and each earned $20,000 in wages this year.
Related questions
1. Jeremy earned $260,000 in salary and $9,000 in interest income during the year. Jeremy has two qualifying dependent children who live with him. He qualifies to file as head of household and has $20,500 in itemized deductions. Neither of his dependents qualifies for the child tax credit. (use the tax rate schedules.). (Do not round intermediate calculations. Round "Income tax liability" to 2 decimal places.)
a. Use the 2017 tax rate schedules to determine Jeremyâs taxes due.
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2. b. Assume that in addition to the original facts, Jeremy has a long-term capital gain of $12,500. What is Jeremyâs tax liability including the tax on the capital gain?
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3. c. Assume the original facts except that Jeremy had only $3,000 in itemized deductions. What is Jeremyâs total income tax liability?
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4. Jasper and Crewella Dahvill were married in year 0. They filed joint tax returns in years 1 and 2. In year 3, their relationship was strained and Jasper insisted on filing a separate tax return. In year 4, the couple divorced. Both Jasper and Crewella filed single tax returns in year 4. In year 5, the IRS audited the coupleâs joint year 2 tax return and each spouseâs separate year 3 tax returns. The IRS determined that the year 2 joint return and Crewellaâs separate year 3 tax return understated Crewellaâs self-employment income, causing the joint return year 2 tax liability to be understated by $13,300 and Crewellaâs year 3 separate return tax liability to be understated by $6,700. The IRS also assessed penalties and interest on both of these tax returns. Try as it might, the IRS has not been able to locate Crewella, but they have been able to find Jasper. (Leave no cells blank - be certain to enter "0" wherever required.)
a. What amount of tax can the IRS require Jasper to pay for the Dahvillâs year 2 joint return?
Amount of tax: ?
5. Trudy and Ben file a joint return. Trudyâs reported income creates $200 of income tax and Benâs reported income creates $180 of income tax. In addition to the reported income, Trudy has unreported income on which she owes $50 of income tax. How much of the $430 potential tax liability is Ben liable for?
a. $50
b. $180
c. $380
d. $430
6. James received $25,000 of compensation from his employer and he received $1,900 of interest from a municipal bond. What is the amount of Jamesâs gross income?
a. $0
b. $1,900
c. $25,000
d. $26,900
7. Which of the following is a from AGI deduction?
a. moving expenses
b. rental and royalty expenses
c. business expenses for a self employed taxpayer
d. charitable contributions
8.Which of the following is not an itemized deduction?
a. personal casualty losses
b. medical expenses
c. personal property taxes for a personal use automobile
d. charitable contributions
e. none of the choices are correct
9. In May of year 1, David left his wife Juliette. While the couple was apart, they were not legally divorced. Juliette found herself having to financially provide for the coupleâs only child (6 years of age) and to pay all the costs of maintaining the household. When Juliette filed her tax return for year 1, she filed a return separate from David. What is Julietteâs most favorable filing status for year 1?
a. head of household
b. single
c. married filing separately
d. qualifying widow
10. Caroline and her husband Chris got divorced in May of this year. During the year, Caroline provided all the support for herself and her 23-year-old child Hans (not a full-time student) who lived in the same home as Caroline for the entire year. Hans earned $29,000 this year. What is the Carolineâs most favorable filing status for the year?
a. head of household
b. married filing separately
c. surviving spouse single
