December 31, 2016 To the friendly student tax preparer:

Hi, its Shady Slim again. I just got back from my 55th birthday party, and Im told that you need some more information from me in order to complete my tax return. Im an open book! Ill tell you whatever I think you need to know.

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. I left a little bit early to go on a house-hunting trip that cost me a total of $450. I hired 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 (I love Super 8!). We spent $35 on meals on the way to our new home. Oh yeah, I took Junior to a movie on the way and that cost $20.

Can you believe Im 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.

Since Roca Coca (my employer) never started a retirement plan, I decided I should probably start saving for my golden years. I contributed $3,000 to what the bank referred to as a regular IRA (or was it a REM?). Oh yeah. I also did a little investing this year. I bought a limited partnership interest in Duds Ltd. for $10,000. I thought it was going to be a real winner, but this year they took a bath. My portion of the loss was $8,000. Well, at least I did not actually do any work for Duds, and I get the tax deductionright?That should be all the information you need right now.

1. Complete the first page of Shady Slims Form 1040.

Shady Slims address is 19010 N.W. 135th Street, Miami, FL 33054.

Social security numbers:

Shady Slims: 123-45-6789

Shady Slim Jr.: 333-44-5555

(Input all the values as positive numbers. Use 2016 tax laws and 2015 tax form)