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Read the following letter and help Shady Slim with his tax situation. Please assume that his gross income is $172,900 (which consists only of salary) for purposes of this problem. December 31, 2018 To the friendly student tax preparer Hi, it's Shady Slim again. I just got back from my 55th birthday party, and I'm told that you need some more information from me in order to complete my tax return. I'm an open book! I'l tell you whatever I think you need to know. Let me tell you a few more things about my life. As you may recall, I am divorced from my wife, Alice. I know that its unusual, but I have custody of my son, Shady, Jr. The judge owed me a few favors and I really love the kid. He lives with me fulil-time and my wife gets him every other weekend. I pay the vast majority of my son's expenses. I think Alice should heve to pay some child support, but she doesn't have to pay a dime. The judge didn't owe me that much, I had to move this year after getting my job at Roca Cola. We moved on February 3 of this year, and I worked my job at Roca Cola for the rest of the year I still live in the same state, but I moved 500 miles away from my old house. Ihired a moving company to move our stuff at a cost of $2,300, and I drove Junior in my car, Junior and I got a hotel room along the way that cost us $65 (0 love Super 8 Can you believe I'm still paying off my student loans, even after 15 years? I paid a total of $900 in interest on my old student loans this year Remember when I told you about thet guy that hit me with his car? I had a bunch of medical expenses that were not relmbursed by the lawsuit or by my insurance. I incurred a total of $20,000 in medical expenses, and I was only reimbursed for $11,000. Good thing I can write off medical expenses, right? I contributed a lot of money to cherity this year (and have receipt documentation for all contributions). Tm such a nice guy! I gave $1,000 in cash to the March of Dimes. I contributed some of my old furniture to the church. it was some 1 2 or 2 Ill Next > 3 Read the following letter and help Shady Slim with his tax situation. Please assume that his gross income is $172,900 (which consists only of salary) for purposes of this problem. December 31, 2018 To the friendly student tax preparer Hi, it's Shady Slim again. I just got back from my 55th birthday party, and I'm told that you need some more information from me in order to complete my tax return. I'm an open book! I'l tell you whatever I think you need to know. Let me tell you a few more things about my life. As you may recall, I am divorced from my wife, Alice. I know that its unusual, but I have custody of my son, Shady, Jr. The judge owed me a few favors and I really love the kid. He lives with me fulil-time and my wife gets him every other weekend. I pay the vast majority of my son's expenses. I think Alice should heve to pay some child support, but she doesn't have to pay a dime. The judge didn't owe me that much, I had to move this year after getting my job at Roca Cola. We moved on February 3 of this year, and I worked my job at Roca Cola for the rest of the year I still live in the same state, but I moved 500 miles away from my old house. Ihired a moving company to move our stuff at a cost of $2,300, and I drove Junior in my car, Junior and I got a hotel room along the way that cost us $65 (0 love Super 8 Can you believe I'm still paying off my student loans, even after 15 years? I paid a total of $900 in interest on my old student loans this year Remember when I told you about thet guy that hit me with his car? I had a bunch of medical expenses that were not relmbursed by the lawsuit or by my insurance. I incurred a total of $20,000 in medical expenses, and I was only reimbursed for $11,000. Good thing I can write off medical expenses, right? I contributed a lot of money to cherity this year (and have receipt documentation for all contributions). Tm such a nice guy! I gave $1,000 in cash to the March of Dimes. I contributed some of my old furniture to the church. it was some 1 2 or 2 Ill Next > 3