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Answer this based on the 2023 IRS regulations or updated rules Jared and Sarah Johnson live at 45678 S.W. 112 th Street, Homestead, FL 33033.
Answer this based on the 2023 IRS regulations or updated rules
Jared and Sarah Johnson live at 45678 S.W. 112thStreet, Homestead, FL 33033. Jared, who is 67 years od (DOB 12/14/1956) is retired and receiving Social Security benefits, and Sarah, who is 66 years old (DOB 6/11/1957), is also retired but working on a part-time basis. Their Social Security numbers are 412-34-5670 and 412-34-5671, respectively. The Johnsons had qualifying healthcare coverage at all times during the year.
Annual Social Security income for Jared is $22,000 (SSA-1099, box 5) and for Sarah is $16,800 (SSA-1099, box 5).
Interest received by them from the Central Bank is $2,342 (1099-INT, box 1). No income tax withholding was made.
Sarah is an employee working part-time as an interior decorator for Decorating House, a corporation. Her Form W-2 shows the following information:
Wages = $25,000
Federal W/H = $1,987
Social Security wages = $25,000
Social Security W/H = $1,550
Medicare wages = $25,000
Medicare W/H = 362.50
Their itemized deductions are as follows:
- Mortgage interest on their main home, $11,847
- Real estate taxes, $7,958
- Personal property taxes, $426
- Unreimbursed Doctors' expenses, $6,826
- Medical insurance premiums for the year, $2,900
- Prescribed medicine, $1,995
- Vitamins, $300
- Cash contributions to their church, $675. No individual contribution was greater than $250
- Tax preparation fees for their 2022 return, $325, which was paid in 2023
- Lottery tickets bough by Ester during the year, $750. Winnings received, $940 (W-2G, box 1. Income tax withholding on the winnings, $35 (W-2G, box 4)
- Because the Johnsons live in Florida, where there is no state income tax, they will deduct the estimation of the general sales tax related to the area in which they live. The most efficient way for you to calculate this is to use the IRS website.https://apps.irs.gov/app/stdc/Links to an external site.
A key point to remember is using the calculator is that "income" for this calculation also includes the non-taxable portion of Social Security benefits.
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