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Debra Simon is a single taxpayer. She is employed as a corporate attorney and lives at 1400 Sand Dollar Circle, Sandville, FL 33868. Her Social

Debra Simon is a single taxpayer. She is employed as a corporate attorney and lives at 1400 Sand Dollar Circle, Sandville, FL 33868. Her Social Security number is 412-34-5670.

For tax year 2017, Debra had the following income information:

Wages $155,000
Social Security Withholding $7,886
Medicare withholding $2,248
Federal income tax withholding $34,550
State income tax withholding $0
New Bank 1099-INT $5,500
Hope Bank 1099-INT $3,875

Debra had the following stock transactions during 2017. A 1099-B was received for the proceeds of each sale:

Transaction Purchased Sold Proceeds Cost Sales Expenses
300 sh. IBM 01/05/10 05/11/17 $16,500 $14,100 $875
200 sh. SMI 01/05/10 05/15/17 41,000 41,800 2,050
100 sh. BMI 03/05/16 04/12/17 10,500 11,400 525
300 sh. ABC 07/05/17 09/15/17 16,500 14,100 825
300 sh. DDC 05/12/17 10/11/17 45,000 51,000 2,250
300 sh. PPC 01/05/10 05/11/17 5,000 2,800 250
4,000 sh. LLP Inherited 12/11/17 436,000 * 21,800
1,500 sh. QQM Inherited 05/11/17 41,325 * 2,066

* Debra inherited the LLP stock and the QQM stock when her father passed away on May 1, 2017. Debra's father purchased the LLP stock in 1966 for $35,000. The FMV of the LLP stock at the date of death was $415,500. The QQM stock was purchased by Debra's father on February 6, 2016, for $49,000. The FMV of the QQM stock at the date of death was $49,600.

Debra also sold her wine collection for $38,000. She had purchased the wine on January 5, 2012 for a total of $19,000.

Debra has a capital loss carryover from 2016 of $11,700: $3,000 short-term and $8,700 long-term.

Debra rents a condo (no mortgage interest) and lives in Florida (no state income tax). Thus she claims the standard deduction.

Complete the 2017 tax return for Debra Simon and a Schedule D.

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