Boyd is a single individual and received a salary of $ $29$ comma $000$ before he retired in October of this year. After he$$ retired, he received Social Security benefits of $ $3$ comma $800$ during the year.

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Part $1$

Requirement a$.$ What$$ amount, if$$ any, of the Social Security benefits are taxable for the$$ year?

Begin by computing the provisional income. Only select iems that are applicable to Boyd. $($Leave unused input fields$$ blank, do not select a label or enter a$$ zero.$)$

Item to included in provisional income, first row label input

Item to included in provisional income, first row number input

Item to included in provisional income, second row label input

Item to included in provisional income, second row number input

Item to included in provisional income, third row label input

Item to included in provisional income, third row number input

Provisional income

Part $2$

The taxable portion of the Social Security benefits $=$

Part $3$

Requirement b$.$ Would the answer be different if Boyd also had $ $1$ comma $900$ of$$ tax$-$exempt interest?

Begin by computing the provisional income.

The provisional income $=$

Part $4$

Would the answer be different if Boyd also had $ $1$ comma $900$ of$$ tax$-$exempt interest?

Would the answer be different?

The taxable portion of the Social Security benefits $=$

Part $5$

Requirement c$.$ What if he had had $ $7$ comma $000$ of$$ tax$-$exempt interest?

Begin by computing the provisional income.

The provisional income $=$

Part $6$

Would the answer be different if Boyd had had $ $7$ comma $000$ of$$ tax$-$exempt interest?

Would the answer be different?

The taxable portion of the Social Security benefits