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51. Ashley Panda lives at 1310 Meadow Lane, Wayne, OH 43466, and her Social Security number is 123-45-6789. Ashley is single and has a 20-year-old
51. Ashley Panda lives at 1310 Meadow Lane, Wayne, OH 43466, and her Social Security number is 123-45-6789. Ashley is single and has a 20-year-old son, Bill. His
Social Security number is 111-11-1111. Bill lives with Ashley, and she fully supports
him. Bill spent 2014 traveling in Europe and was not a college student. He had gross
income of $4,655 in 2014.
Ashley owns Panda Enterprises, LLC sole proprietorship, a data processing service (98-7654321), which is located at 456 Hill Street, Wayne, OH 43466. The business activity code is 514210. Her 2014 Form 1040, Schedule C for Panda Enterprises
shows revenues of $315,000, office expenses of $66,759, employee salary of
$63,000, employee payroll taxes of $4,820, meals and entertainment expenses
(before the 50% reduction) of $22,000, and rent expense of $34,000. The rent
expense includes payments related to renting an office ($30,000) and payments
related to renting various equipment ($4,000). There is no depreciation because all
depreciable equipment owned has been fully depreciated in previous years. No
fringe benefits are provided to the employee. Ashley personally purchases health
insurance on herself and Bill. The premiums are $23,000 per year.
Ashley has an extensive stock portfolio and has prepared the following analysis:
Stock Number Date Date Sold Per Share Per Share Total
of Shares Purchase Cost Selling Price Dividends
Beige 10 10/18/13 10/11/14 $80 $ 74 $30
Garland 30 10/11/07 10/11/14 43 157 70
Puce 15 3/10/14 8/11/14 62 33 45
NOTE: Ashley received a Form 1099B from her stockbroker that included the adjusted basis and sales
proceeds for each of her stock transactions. The per share cost includes commissions, and the per
share selling price is net of commissions. Also, the dividends are the actual dividends received in 2014
and these are both ordinary dividends and qualified dividends.
Ashley had $800 of interest income from State of Ohio bonds and $600 of interest
income on her Wayne Savings Bank account. She paid $25,000 of alimony to her
former husband. His Social Security number is 123-45-6788.
Ashley itemizes her deductions and had the following items, which may be relevant to her return: Unreimbursed medical expenses for Ashley (all for visits to doctors) $1,786 Does not include health insurance premiums. State income taxes paid 1,830 Real property taxes on personal residence 3,230 Interest paid on home mortgage (Form 1098) 8,137 The loan is secured by the residence and was incurred when the home was purchased. Charitable contributions 940 Cash paid to Ashleys church. Sales taxes 619 Amount per sales tax table. Ashley made a $30,000 estimated Federal income tax payment, does not want any of her taxes to finance presidential elections, has no foreign bank accounts or trusts, and wants any refund to be applied against her 2015 taxes. Compute Ashleys net tax payable or refund due for 2014. If you use tax forms for your computations, you will need Form 1040 and its Schedules A, C, D, and SE and Form 8949. Suggested software: H&R BLOCK Tax Software.
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