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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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