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David and Susan Holman are married and file a joint return. David is 38 years old and Susan is 36. David is a self-employed certified
David and Susan Holman are married and file a joint return. David is 38 years old and Susan is 36. David is a self-employed certified real estate appraiser (C.R.E.) and Susan is employed by Wells Fargo Bank as a trust officer. They have two children: Richard Lawrence, age 7 and Karen Ann, age 4. The Holmans currently live at 5901 W. 75th Street, Los Angeles, California 90034, in a home they purchased and occupied on September 6, 2008.
Until August 12, 2008 the Holman family lived at 3085 Windmill Lane in Dallas, Texas, where David was employed by Vestpar Company, a real estate appraisal company and Susan was a bank officer for First National Bank. They sold their home in Dallas and moved to Los Angeles so that Susan could assume her new role as a trust officer and Davidcould become self-employed.
B.) David and Susan sold there home in Dallas for $315,000 and incurred the following expenses:
Sales commission........ $18,900
Attorney's fees........ $1,800
Title Insurance....... $2,650
Document preparation fee....... $90
Recording fee....... $30
Pest Inspection fee...... $190
Prepayment penalty for early
retirement of home mortgage...... $1,500
The Holmans had purchased the Dallas home on August 4, 2000 and never
held it for rent or used it for business purposes. The home originally
cost $177,500 and they had paid $6,200 for a cedar fence and $7,900
for landscaping. Within seven weeks of receiving a contract of sale on
their house, the Holmans paid $8,500 for interior and exterior
painting and $600 for steam-cleaning of the carpets. The sale was
closed on August 1, 2008 and the Holmans were required to move out of
the home by August 15, 2008.
C.) In moving from Dallas to Los Angeles, the Holmans incurred the
following expenses, none of which were reimbursed:
Cost of moving household goods.........$9,250
Meals........$295
Lodging.......$350
House-hunting expenses
($150 for meals included).......$1,000
Temporary living expenses (20 days;
including meals costing $400)........$1,700
Not included in any of the above expenses are the costs for driving
two auto mobiles from Dallas to Los Angeles. David and Susan each
drove a car, taking turns driving with the children. Although neither
one of them kept receipts, Susan noted that her auto milage was 1,500
miles. In addition, David noted that the number of miles from their
old home to their old workplace was 24 miles and the number of miles
from their old home to their new workplace is 1,514 miles.
D.) The Holmans purchased their new home for $525,000 by making a
$125,000 down payment and financing the remaining balance with a
30-year, 6% conventional mortgage loan from California Federal Savings
and Loan. They were required to prepay 2 points ($8,000) in return for
the favorable mortgage terms. New furniture and drapes cost an
additional $27,500.
E.) The Holmans received the following Forms W-2, reporting their
salaries for 2008:
1.) David Holman, Social Security No. 452-64-5837
Gross salary........$75,000
Federal income taxes withheld......$9,050
F.I.C.A. Taxes withheld:
Social security........$4,650
Medicare........$1,088
2.) Susan Holman, Social security No. 467-32-5452
First National BankWells Fargo BankTotalGross
salary$17,500$34,000$51,000Federal Income Taxes
Withheld$1,100$4,150$5,250FICA taxes withheld:Social
Security$1,085$2,108$3,193Medicare$254$493$747California income taxes
withheld29502950
F.) On October 1, 2008 David rented office space at 5510 Wacker Drive,
Los Angeles, California 90025. The terms of the one-year lease
agreement called for a monthly rent of $800, with the first and last
month's rent paid in advance.
David decided to operate his business in the name of "David R. Holman,
Certified Real Estate Appraiser," and he elected to use the cash
method of accounting for his revenues and expenses. The following
items relate to his business for 2008:
Gross receipts......$85,000
Expenses:
Advertising.......$250
Bank service charges.......$50
Dues and publications......$450
Insurance.......$600 *
Interest.....$275
Professional services......$525
Office rent......$3,200 **
Office supplies.......$700
Meal and entertainment......$500
Miscellaneous expenses......$75
*Three months coverage
**Includes prepayment of rent for September, 2009
David drove his personal automobile, a 2007 Buick LeSabre, 5,000 miles
for business purposes form October 1 through December 31. Rather than
keeping receipts, he elected to use automatic mileage method for
determining his auto expenses. David's total auto mileage for the year
was 20,000 miles.
On October 3, 2008 David purchased the following furniture and
equipment for use in his business:
Office furniture......$17,000
Copying machine......$5,800
Computers......$6,500
Laser printers......$2,500
Telephone system......$3,100
David elects to expense the maximum amount allowed under the optional
expensing rules of Section 179. He also elects to compute the maximum
depreciation allowance using the appropriate MACRS percentages.
G.) The Holmans received interest income during 2008 from the following:
US Treasury bills.......$1,475
First National Bank, Dallas.....$625
Wells Fargo Bank.......$400
Tarrant County municipal bonds....$800
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H.) David and Susan received the following dividends during 2008:
Ford Motor Company......$300
Eastman Kodak Company.......$575
IBM Corporation.......$125
General motors stock dividend
(20 new shares of stock valued at $60 per share,
Received March 9,
2008)......$1,200
I.) The Holmans have never maintained foreign bank accounts or created
foreign trusts.
J.) The Holmans report the following stock transactions for 2008:
Sold 100 shares of IBM stock for $120 per share on August 1, 2008.
David had inherited 500 shares of IBM stock from his uncle on July 18,
2004 and the stock was valued at $170 per share on the date of his
uncle's death (the value used for estate tax purposes).
Sold 400 shares of General Motors stock for $78 per share on September
20, 2008. Susan had received 1,000 shares of General Motors stock as a
wedding present from her grandfather on June 3, 1996. Her grandfather
had purchased the stock for $35 per share on May 7, 1993 and the
stock was valued at $50 per share on the date of the gift. Susan's
grandfather paid gift taxes of $10,000 as a result of the gift.
Sold 300 shares of Eastman Kodak stock for $40 per share on December
28, 2008, but did not receive the sales proceeds until January 3,
2009. The Holmans had paid $25 per share for the stock on October 21,
2006.
K.) Susan has summarized the following cash expenditures for 2008 from
cancelled check, mortgage company statements and other documents:
Prescription drugs......$982
Medical insurance premiums (paid by
Susan)......$2,830
Doctors' and hospital bills (net of
reimbursements).....$1535
Contact lenses for
David......$218
Real Estate taxes paid on:
Dallas residence.....$3,400
Los Angeles
residence......$5,600
Sales taxes paid on Susan's new
auto....$1,485
Ad valorem taxes paid on both
autos......$350
Interest paid for:
Dallas home
mortgage.......$5,250
*
Los Angeles home
mortgage.........$10,200
**
Credit card
interest.......$480
Personal car
loan.........$1,720
Cash contributions to:
United Methodist
Church......$5,000
American Heart
Fund......$200
United Way
Campaign......$1,500
George W. Bush Campaign
Fund.......$250
Susan's unreimbursed employee
expenses.....$470 ***
David's unreimbursed employee expenses......$360
Tax return preparation
fee......$375
* Does not include the mortgage prepayment penalty identified in item (B) above.
** Does not include the interest points charged for the new mortgage
identified in item (D) above.
***Does not include any costs for meals or entertainment.
Susan also noted that she and David had driven their personal
automobiles 500 miles to receive medical treatment for themselves and
their children. She also has a receipt for 100 shares of General
Motors stock that she gave to her alma mater, Southern Methodist
University, on November 12, 2008. The stock was valued at $70 per
share on the date of the gift and was from the block of General Motors
stock Susan had received as a wedding present from her grandfather
[see item (J) (2) above for details].
L.) The Holmans paid the following child care expenses during 2008:
Kindergarten Day Care School.......$2,800
1177 Valley View
Dallas, TX 75210
EIN: 74-0186254
Happy Trails Day Center.......$2,200
3692 Airport Blvd
Los Angeles, California 90034
EIN: 78-0593676
Of the $5,000 total child care expenses, $3,000 was for Karen and the
remaining $2,000 was for Richard.
M.) Social security numbers for the Holman children are provided:
Richard L. Holman, SSN 582-60-4732
Karen A. Holman, SSN 582-60-5840
N.) David and Susan made estimated Federal income tax payments of
$1,750 each quarter, on 4/15/08, 6/15/08, 9/15/08 and 1/15/09
O.) The Holmans have always directed that $6 go to the Presidential
Election Campaign by checking the "yes" boxes on their Form 1040
Required:
Complete the holmans federal income tax return for 2015. If they have a refund due, they would prefer having it credited against their 2016 Income
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