LO.3, 4 Determine the number of personal and dependency exemptions for 2012 in each of the following
Question:
LO.3, 4 Determine the number of personal and dependency exemptions for 2012 in each of the following independent situations:
a. Marcus (age 68) and Alice (age 65 and blind) file a joint return. They furnish more than 50% of the support of a cousin, Ida, who lives with them. Ida (age 20) is a fulltime student and earns $3,500 during the year tutoring special needs children.
b. Penny (age 45) is single and maintains a household in which she and her nephew, Clint, live. Clint (age 18) earns $4,900 from doing yard work, but receives more than 50% of his support from Penny.
c. Trent (age 38) is single and lives alone. He provides more than 50% of the support of his parents (ages 69 and 70), who are in a nursing home.
d. Jack and Carol were divorced in 2007, and Carol has custody of their two children
(ages 5 and 9). Jack furnishes more than half of their support, but the divorce decree is silent as to the dependency exemptions. Carol does not sign a Form 8332.
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South Western Federal Taxation 2013 Individual Income Taxes
ISBN: 9781133189558
36th Edition
Authors: William Hoffman, James E. Smith