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Peter Abates is single. She is employed as an architectural designer for Streamline Design (SD). Peter wanted to determine her taxable income for this year.
Peter Abates is single. She is employed as an architectural designer for Streamline Design (SD). Peter wanted to determine her taxable income for this year. She correctly calculated her AGI. However, she wasn't sure how to compute the rest of her taxable income. She provided the following information with hopes that you could use it to determine her taxable income for 2023.
- Peter paid $4,694 for medical expenses for care from a broken ankle in October. Also, Peter's boyfriend, Blake, drove Peter (in her car) a total of 115 miles to the doctor's office so she could receive care for her broken ankle.
- Peter paid a total of $3,435 in health insurance premiums during the year (not through an exchange). SD did not reimburse any of this expense. Besides the health insurance premiums and the medical expenses for her broken ankle, Peter had Lasik eye surgery last year and paid $3,035 for the surgery (she received no insurance reimbursement). She also incurred $464 of other medical expenses for the year.
- SD withheld $1,835 of state income tax, $7,530 of Social Security tax, and $14,640 of federal income tax from Peter's paychecks throughout the year.
- In 2023, Peter was due a refund of $264 for overpaying her 2022 state taxes. On her 2022 state tax return that she filed in April 2023, she applied the overpayment toward her 2023 state tax liability. She estimated that her state tax liability for 2023 will be $2,335.
- Peter paid $3,235 of property taxes on her personal residence. She also paid $514 to the developer of her subdivision because he had to replace the sidewalk in certain areas of the subdivision.
- Peter paid a $214 property tax based on the state's estimate of the value of her car.
- Peter has a home mortgage loan in the amount of $227,000 that she secured when she purchased her home. The home is worth about $407,000. Peter paid interest of $12,440 on the loan this year.
- Peter made several charitable contributions throughout the year. She contributed stock in ZYX Corporation to the Red Cross. On the date of the contribution, the fair market value of the donated shares was $1,140 and her basis in the shares was $456. Peter originally bought the ZYX Corporation stock in 2009. Peter also contributed $314 cash to State University and religious artifacts she has held for several years to her church. The artifacts were valued at $514 and Peter's basis in the items was $314. Peter had every reason to believe the church would keep them on display indefinitely. Peter also drove 200 miles doing church-related errands for her minister. Finally, Peter contributed $1,235 of services to her church last year.
- Peter paid $264 in investment advisory fees and another $164 to have her tax return prepared (that is, she paid $164 in 2023 to have her 2022 tax return prepared).
- Peter is involved in horse racing as a hobby. During the year, she won $2,535 in prize money and incurred $11,400 in expenses. She has never had a profitable year with her horse-racing activities, so she acknowledges that this is a hobby for federal income tax purposes.
- Peter sustained $2,035 in gambling losses over the year (mostly horse-racing bets) and had only $214 in winnings.
a. Assume Peter's AGI is $114,000. Determine Peter's taxable income.
Note: Round your intermediate calculations to the nearest whole dollar amount.
a-1. Assume Peter's AGI is $114,000. Complete page 1 of Form 1040 (through taxable income, line 15).
a-2. Assume Peter's AGI is $114,000. Complete Schedule A.
b. Assume Peter's AGI is $214,000. Determine Peter's taxable income.
b-1. Assume Peter's AGI is $214,000. Complete page 1 of Form 1040 (through taxable income, line 15).
b-2. Assume Peter's AGI is $214,000. Complete Schedule A.
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