Beth R. Jordan lives at 2322 Skyview Road, Mesa, AZ 85201. She is a tax accountant with Mesa Manufacturing Company, 1203 Western Avenue, Mesa, AZ 85201 (employer identification number 11-1111111). She also writes computer software programs for tax practitioners and has a part-time tax practice. Beth is single and has no dependents. Beth was born on July 4, 1972, and her Social Security number is 123-45-6789. She wants to contribute $3 to the Presidential Election Campaign Fund.

The following information is shown on Beths 2016 Wage and Tax Statement (Form W2).

Line	Description	Amount
1	Wages, tips, other compensation	$65,000.00
2	Federal income tax withheld	10,500.00
3	Social Security wages	65,000.00
4	Social Security tax withheld	4,030.00
5	Medicare wages and tips	65,000.00
6	Medicare tax withheld	942.50
15	State	Arizona
16	State wages, tips, etc.	65,000.00
17	State income tax withheld	1,954.00

Other 2016 transactions include the following.

Beth received interest of $1,300 from Arizona Federal Savings and Loan and $400 from Arizona State Bank. Each financial institution reported the interest income on a Form 1099-INT. She received qualified dividends of $800 from Blue Corporation, $750 from Green Corporation, and $650 from Orange Corporation. Each corporation reported Beth's dividend payments on a Form 1099-DIV.

Beth received a $1,100 income tax refund from the state of Arizona on April 29, 2016. On her 2015 Federal income tax return, she reported total itemized deductions of $8,200, which included $2,200 of state income tax withheld by her employer.

Fees earned from her part-time tax practice totaled $3,800. She paid $600 to have the tax returns processed by a computerized tax return service.

On February 8, Beth bought 500 shares of Gray Corporation common stock for $17.60 a share. On September 12, Beth sold the stock for $14 a share.

Beth bought a used sport utility vehicle for $6,000 on June 5. She purchased the vehicle from her brother-in-law, who was unemployed and was in need of cash. On November 2, she sold the vehicle to a friend for $6,500.

On January 2, Beth acquired 100 shares of Blue Corporation common stock for $30 a share. She sold the stock on December 19 for $55 a share.

Beth records revenues of $16,000 from the sale of a software program she developed. Beth incurred the following expenditures in connection with her software development business.

Cost of personal computer (100% business use)	$7,000
Cost of printer (100% business use)	2,000
Furniture	3,000
Supplies	650
Fee paid to computer consultant	3,500

Beth elected to deduct the maximum portion of the cost of the computer, printer, and furniture allowed under the provisions of 179. These items were placed in service on January 15 and used 100 percent in her business.

Although her employer suggested that Beth attend a convention on current developments in corporate taxation, Beth was not reimbursed for the travel expenses of $1,420 she incurred in attending the conference. The $1,420 included $200 for meals.

Beth paid $300 for prescription medicines and $2,875 in physician interest to credit card bills and hospital bills. Medical insurance premiums were paid by her employer. Beth paid real property taxes of $1,766 on her home. Interest on her home mortgage at Valley National Bank was $3,845, and interest paid to credit card companies totaled $320.

Beth contributed $2,080 to various qualified charities during the year. Professional dues and subscriptions totaled $350.

Beth paid $1,000 in estimated Federal income taxes throughout the year. She was covered for the entire year by Mesa Manufacturings health insurance policy.

Required:

Compute the 2016 net tax payable or refund due for Beth R. Jordan. You will need Forms 1040, 2106, and 4562 and Schedules A, B, C, D, and SE and the Qualified Dividends and Capital Gain Tax Worksheet.

Make realistic assumptions about any missing data.

If an amount box does not require an entry or the answer is zero, enter "0".

Enter all amounts as positive numbers, unless instructed otherwise.

It may be necessary to complete the tax schedules before completing Form 1040.

When computing the tax liability, do not round your immediate calculations. If required round your final answers to the nearest dollar.

Use the 2016 Tax Rate Schedule provided. Do not use the Tax Tables.

Form 8949

Complete Form 8949 for Beth for 2016. If required, use the minus sign to indicate a loss.

Form 8949 Department of the Treasury Internal Revenue Service	Sales and Other Dispositions of Capital Assets ? Information about Form 8949 and its separate instructions is at www.irs.gov/form8949. ? File with your Schedule D to list your transactions for lines 1b, 2, 3, 8b, 9, and 10 of Schedule D.	OMB No. 1545-0074
		2016 Attachment Sequence No. 12A

Name(s) shown on return BETH R JORDON	Social security number or taxpayer identification number 123-45-6789
Before you check Box A, B, or C below, see whether you received any Form(s) 1099-B or substitute statement(s) from your broker. A substitute statement will have the same information as Form 1099-B. Either will show whether your basis (usually your cost) was reported to the IRS by your broker and may even tell you which box to check.

Part I	Short-Term. Transactions involving capital assets you held 1 year or less are short term. For long-term transactions, see page 2.
	Note: You may aggregate all short-term transactions reported on Form(s) 1099-B showing basis was reported to the IRS and for which no adjustments or codes are required. Enter the totals directly on Schedule D, line 1a; you aren't required to report these transactions on Form 8949 (see instructions).
You must check Box A, B, or C below. Check only one box. If more than one box applies for your short-term transactions, complete a separate Form 8949, page 1, for each applicable box. If you have more short-term transactions than will fit on this page for one or more of the boxes, complete as many forms with the same box checked as you need.
? (A)	Short-term transactions reported on Form(s) 1099-B showing basis was reported to the IRS (see Note above)
? (B)	Short-term transactions reported on Form(s) 1099-B showing basis wasn't reported to the IRS
? (C)	Short-term transactions not reported to you on Form 1099-B

1	(a) Description of property (Example: 100 sh. XYZ Co.)	(b) Date acquired (Mo., day, yr.)	(c) Date sold or disposed of (Mo., day, yr.)	(d) Proceeds (sales price) (see instructions)	(e) Cost or other basis. See the Note below and see Column (e)in the separate instructions	Adjustment, if any, to gain or loss. If you enter an amount in column (g), enter a code in column (f). See the separate instructions.		(h) Gain or (loss).Subtract column (e) from column (d) and combine the result with column (g)
						(f) Code(s) from instructions	(g) Amount of adjustment
GRAY CORP. - 500 SHARES		02/08/16	09/12/16
BLUE CORP. - 100 SHARES		01/02/16	12/19/16
SPORT UTILITY VEHICLE		06/05/16	11/02/16
2	Totals. Add the amounts in columns (d), (e), (g), and (h) (subtract negative amounts). Enter each total here and include on your Schedule D, line 1b (if Box A above is checked), line 2 (if Box B above is checked), or line 3 (if Box C above is checked) ?
Note: If you checked Box A above but the basis reported to the IRS was incorrect, enter in column (e) the basis as reported to the IRS, and enter an adjustment in column (g) to correct the basis. See Column (g) in the separate instructions for how to figure the amount of the adjustment.

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For Paperwork Reduction Act Notice, see your tax return instructions.

Form 8949 (2016)

2016 Tax Rate Schedules

Use the 2016 Tax Rate Schedules to compute the tax. (Note: Because the tax rate schedules are used instead of the tax tables, the amount of tax computed may vary slightly from the amount listed in the tables.)

2016 Tax Rate Schedules
SingleSchedule X											Head of householdSchedule Z
If taxable income is: Over		But not over		The tax is:				of the amount over			If taxable income is: Over		But not over		The tax is:				of the amount over
$0		$9,275		. . . . . .		10%		$0			$0		$13,250		. . . . . .		10%		$0
9,275		37,650		$927.50	+	15%		9,275			13,250		50,400		$1,325.00	+	15%		13,250
37,650		91,150		5,183.75	+	25%		37,650			50,400		130,150		6,897.50	+	25%		50,400
91,150		190,150		18,558.75	+	28%		91,150			130,150		210,800		26,835.00	+	28%		130,150
190,150		413,350		46,278.75	+	33%		190,150			210,800		413,350		49,417.00	+	33%		210,800
413,350		415,050		119,934.75	+	35%		413,350			413,350		441,000		116,258.50	+	35%		413,350
415,050		. . . . . .		120,529.75	+	39.6%		415,050			441,000		. . . . . .		125,936.00	+	39.6%		441,000
Married filing jointly or Qualifying widow(er)Schedule Y-1											Married filing separatelySchedule Y-2
If taxable income is: Over		But not over		The tax is:				of the amount over			If taxable income is: Over		But not over		The tax is:				of the amount over
$0		$18,550		. . . . . .		10%		$0			$0		$9,275		. . . . . .		10%		$0
18,550		75,300		$1,855.00	+	15%		18,550			9,275		37,650		$927.50	+	15%		9,275
75,300		151,900		10,367.50	+	25%		75,300			37,650		75,950		5,183.75	+	25%		37,650
151,900		231,450		29,517.50	+	28%		151,900			75,950		115,725		14,758.75	+	28%		75,950
231,450		413,350		51,791.50	+	33%		231,450			115,725		206,675		25,895.75	+	33%		115,725
413,350		466,950		111,818.50	+	35%		413,350			206,675		233,475		55,909.25	+	35%		206,675
466,950		. . . . . .		130,578.50	+	39.6%		466,950			233,475		. . . . . .		65,289.25	+	39.6%		233,475