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Jonathan and Madelyn Stewart are married and live at 1800 Melrose Place, Virginia Beach, VA 23453. They have two children Taylor and Jason who lived
Jonathan and Madelyn Stewart are married and live at 1800 Melrose Place, Virginia Beach, VA 23453. They have two children Taylor and Jason who lived with them the entire year. They do not wish to contribute to the Presidential Election campaign fund. Their daytime telephone number is 757-555-6678. Note: Use your own name in place of Taylor Stewart.
Below is their information:
Name Birthdate SSN
Jonathan P. Stewart 07/24/73 227-15-5555
Madelyn L. Stewart 04/13/74 226-21-7948
(Your Name) Stewart 01/04/2007 226-13-4594
Jason P. Stewart 10/16/2010 385-14-8972
The Stewarts also support two other individuals who do not live in their house: 1) They support Madelyns mother, Shirley Hall (Birthdate: 06/15/1946; SSN: 227-89-3322) who lives in an assisted living facility in Virginia Beach. Shirleys gross income for the year was $4,000. 2) They also support Jonathans son from his previous marriage, Jack P. Stewart (SSN: 225-64-1234) (Birthdate: 11/03/1997). Jack lives in an apartment and attends college part-time at ODU. He earned $7,370 in wages from his part-time job as a bartender.
The entire Stewart family, including Shirley and Jack all have minimum essential health coverage.
1. Jonathan received a W-2 from his employer as an Attorney with the following information:
Hall, Crumb & Associates.
10400 Columbus Avenue, Virginia Beach, VA 23453
EIN: 13-5569876
Wages $98,500
Federal withheld 11,220
State taxes withheld 4,200
Social Security tax 6,107
Medicare tax 1,428
Madelyn received a W-2 from her job as a Teacher with the following information:
Virginia Beach Public Schools
206 Main Street, Virginia Beach, VA 23453
EIN: 58-2345899
Wages $37,500
Federal withheld 2,680
State taxes withheld 1548
Social Security tax 2,325
Medicare tax 544
In addition, Jonathan and Madelyn received the following:
Community Bank interest (EIN: 13-2416396) of $212.
Beach Savings & Trust interest (EIN: 13-1112222) of $48.
City of Norfolk municipal bond interest (EIN: 58-2996632) of $600.
NXT Corporation dividend (all qualified) (EIN: 13-4561234) of $148
VT Growth mutual fund (EIN: 13-9854122)
Capital gain distribution (line 2a) 22
Ordinary dividend (all qualified) 127
Nondividend distribution (adj basis was 50) (line 3) 24
Total 173
2. VA Dept. of Taxation (EIN: 13-4478512) 2016 state tax refund $ 925
(Note: The 2016 standard deduction for married filing joint was 12,600.)
Items from 2016 tax return:
Adjusted Gross Income $135,220
Total itemized deductions $13,250
State tax deduction $5,650
Sales tax deduction $0.
3. Alimony paid to Jonathans former spouse jill scott (SSN: 224-16-7777) $9,640
4. Jonathans Gambling winnings: from Harrahs Casino (EIN: 13-2229999) in Atlantic City, NJ $1,200 won on 7/8).
5. Jonathan and Madelyn received From 1099-B (basis not reported to IRS) with the following capital transactions. No adjustment codes are needed. Enter on Form 8949 of Sch. D:
Item Purch Sold
40 shares - ohemgee stock 10/13/10 08/13/17 Sales price: $3,460 Basis: $ **
50 shares - elohel stock 11/10/16 09/21/17 Sales price: $ 4,500 Basis: $ 5,280
100 shares - Huh stock 6/21/11 07/26/17 Sales price: $ 2,400 Basis: $ 1,000
** The Stewarts originally purchased 150 shares of the Ohemgee stock on 10/13/10 for $6,300.
6. Jonathan likes to spend his spare time practicing photography. He wants to specialize in landscape photography. Pursuant to this desire, Jonathan has a photography business and incurs the following expenses:
Photography supplies $1,835
Travel to locations to take photos 2,872
During the year, Jonathan sells 7 photos for $250 each. (He received Form 1099-Misc from ACME Co.) In the last five years, Jonathan has had similar results with this business.
7. As a school teacher, Madelyn is often asked to teach her neighbors children. She does this work on the side. This year, she began an entrepreneurial venture (1/08/17) which is small, but profitable. Because she teaches on location, Madelyn has no rent expense. She did not set up a home office either. She also did not make any payments that would require filing Forms 1099. Below is the information for Madelyns cash basis teaching business:
Name: A-Plus Learning
Business address and ID: (Use personal information)
Business Activity type: Education Services
Business Activity Code: 611000
Tutoring Fees $5,140 (No Forms 1099-MISC received)
Expenses:
Business Miles 184
Total Commuting Miles 9400
Other Personal Miles 5800
Total Miles driven 15,384
(Madelyn keeps a written log of her auto miles. Use the standard mileage rate.)
City business license $150
Supplies $210
Liability Insurance $120
8. During the year, Jonathan and Madelyn paid the following amounts (all of which can be substantiated):
Home mortgage interest (Commerce Bank) $12,140
Mastercard interest 750
Real estate taxes on personal residence 2,700
Property taxes on cars 262
Unreimbursed hospital bills 2,200
Prescription medicine 380
New eyeglasses and exam for Jack 450
Income tax preparation fee 200
Gambling losses 1,800
Charitable contribution:
Church 930
VA Democratic Party 220
United Way 120
Noncash (Salvation Army) 235
Owens family (house fire victims) 100
9. Because their home is so close to the beach, the Stewarts rented out their home for one week in August. During that time, the Stewarts went away on vacation. They received $2,600 in rental income. The utilities for that week were $324. (Hint: See Example 8-9 in Ch. 8.)
10. As a teacher, Madelyn spent a total of $215 on her class for supplies, teaching aides, etc. She kept her receipts.
11. Madelyns father passed away in 2016. In February 2017, Madelyn received a check for $10,000 of life insurance proceeds. Madelyns mother Shirley Hall also received a check for $80,000 of life insurance proceeds which she immediately invested in a certificate of deposit.
12. The Stewarts made quarterly estimated tax payments on Form 1040-ES because they thought their federal withholdings would not be enough to cover the additional income from the photography business, rental and tutoring business.
Paid 4/15/2017 $400
Paid 6/14/2017 $400
Paid 9/15/2017 $400
Paid 1/10/2018 $400
13. If they have any amount due or refund, they want it handled by a check.
Required: Complete Form 1040 for Jonathan and Madelyn Stewart for the 2017 tax year.
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