Complete the following personal tax case using TaxFreeWay $2023$ T$1$ software:

Jessie Pinkman is $57$ years old. She was born on March $1,1966.$ She is married and has $3$ children

aged $12,15$ and $17$ years old. She is employed as a security consultant at Los Pollos Hermanos

Distribution Ltd and has an annual salary of $$150,000.$ Her $2023$ T$4$ is provided below.

She has asked you whether she will have a federal income tax payable or refund for $2023($let the

software calculate the provincial taxes$).$

Other information she shared with you is as follows:

$$ Her spouse's name is Walter Pinkman and he was born on May $14,1964.$

$$ Her children's names and birthdates are:

o Prethi Pinkman, daughter, January $10,2006,$

o Paula Pinkman, daughter, June $22,2008,$ and

o Parminder Pinkman, son, February $18,2011.$

$$ Prethi and Parminder each have a physical infirmity $($visual impairment$)$

$$ Her employer paid for the $$400/$month underground parking spot at the company$$s head

office for the entire year. The employment income reported on her $2023$ T$4$ does not

include this amount.

$$ Her employer gave her a $$20,000$ Vespa scooter as an award for her $20-$year work

anniversary on October $10,2023.$ The employment income reported on her $2023$ T$4$ does

not include this amount.

$$ Her employer gave her a $$625$ company shacket for her to wear while working from

home. The employment income reported on her $2023$ T$4$ does not include this amount.

$$ For winning a security hackathon challenge $($to help identify network weaknesses$)$ her

employer gave her a Cadillac Fairview gift card worth $$1,000,$ which she could use to buy

merchandise at any retailer in its shopping malls. The employment income reported on

her $2023$ T$4$ does not include this amount.

$$ Her employer allowed her to work from home throughout $2023.$ She incurred the

following expenses while working from home:

o Utilities $$1,800$

o Repairs and maintenance $($roof repair$)$ $$5,000$

o Property taxes $$7,200$

o House insurance $$2,800$

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o Interest on mortgage $$16,000$

o Repainting of the spare bedroom she uses as her dedicated workspace in

the home $$650$

o Home internet service fees $$1,080$

o Long distance telephone charges $(100\%$ work related$)$ $$500$

$$ Jessie$$s home has $2,200$ square feet of living space. She uses $110$ square feet for her

dedicated workspace in the home.

$$ Jessie$$s workspace at home is used exclusively for the purpose of carrying out her

employment duties and is used on a regular and continuous basis for meeting clients of

Los Pollos $($through MS Teams$).$

$$ Jessie purchased a new desk and chair for her home office for a combined cost of $$2,500$

$($before HST$).$

$$ Jessie also purchased a new Surface Book $3$ laptop to use for employment purposes from

home at a cost of $$2,849($inclusive of HST$)$

$$ She earned $$6,500$ in interest on her investments. She received a T$5$ tax slip for this

interest amount from her broker WealthComplex.

$$ She received a $$4,000$ cash dividend from her shares in Royal Bank of Canada, an eligible

Canadian corporation. This amount was also on her T$5$ slip from WealthComplex.

$$ Jessie made an RRSP contribution of $$28,000$ with InvestSimple on February $20,2024.$ She

received an RRSP Contribution tax receipt from InvestSimple in early March $2024$ for this

contribution.

$$ Jessie's $2022$ Earned Income was $$125,000.$

$$ Jessie paid DayCaresRus $$20,000$ for childcare expenses during the year $($$$11,000$ for

Prethi and $$9,000$ for Paula$).$

$$ She is required by her employer to use her own automobile, a Jeep Cherokee, in the

course of her employment. Her total automobile costs for the year, including monthly

lease costs, gas, repairs and maintenance, are $$10,000.$ She drove her car $22,000$

kilometres during the year; $11,000$ kilometres of this amount was for employment

purposes.

$$ Her infirm spouse had no employment income in $2023$ because he was in jail the entire

year, having been convicted the prior year for dealing Crystal Meth.

$$ Jessie was enrolled as a part$-$time student for $8$ months in $2023$ at the GTA$$s preeminent

post$-$secondary institution, Seneca College, and took three courses during the year at a

cost of $$9,000.$

$$ In addition to the donations reported on her T$4,$ Jessie made charitable donations of

$$5,400$ to World Central Kitchen in $2023.$

$$ Jessie incurred medical expenses of $$6,600$ for her family for the $12-$month period ending

on October $30,2023.$ This was the $12-$month period ending in $2023$ for which she incurred

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the highest amount of medical expenses. For the $2023$ calendar year, her medical

expenses for her family totaled $$5,300.$

Regarding medical expenses in the TaxFreeWay Assignment, you must complete the T$1-$

MED form.

o Date of Payment: any date in $2023$

o Name of Patient: Jessie Pinkman

o Description of Medical Expenses: Prescription drugs

o Amount Paid: $6,600$

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