Read the following letter and help Shady Slim with his tax situation. Please assume that his gross income is $172,900 (which consists only of salary) for purposes of this problem.

December 31, 2018

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.

Let me tell you a few more things about my life. As you may recall, I am divorced from my wife, Alice. I know that it's unusual, but I have custody of my son, Shady, Jr. The judge owed me a few favors and I really love the kid. He lives with me full-time and my wife gets him every other weekend. I pay the vast majority of my son's expenses. I think Alice should have to pay some child support, but she doesn't have to pay a dime. The judge didn't owe me that much, I guess.

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 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!).

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.

Remember when I told you about that guy that hit me with his car? I had a bunch of medical expenses that were not reimbursed by the lawsuit or by my insurance. I incurred a total of $20,000 in medical expenses, and I was only reimbursed for $11,000. Good thing I can write off medical expenses, right?

I contributed a lot of money to charity this year (and have receipt documentation for all contributions). Im such a nice guy! I gave $1,000 in cash to the March of Dimes. I contributed some of my old furniture to the church. It was some good stuff! I contributed a red velvet couch and my old recliner. The furniture is considered vintage and is worth $5,000 today (the appraiser surprised me!), even though I only paid $1,000 for it back in the day. When I contributed the furniture, the pastor said he didnt like the fabric and was going to sell the furniture to pay for some more pews in the church. Oh well, some people just have no taste, right? Roca Cola had a charity drive for the United Way this year and I contributed $90. Turns out, I dont even miss it, because Roca Cola takes it right off my paycheck every month . . . $15 a month starting in July. My pay stub verifies that I contributed the $90 to the United Way. Oh, one other bit of charity from me this year. An old buddy of mine was down on his luck. He lost his job and his house. I gave him $500 to help him out.

I paid a lot of money in interest this year. I paid a total of $950 in personal credit card interest. I also paid $18,000 in interest on my $500,000 home mortgage that helped me buy my dream home. I also paid $2,000 in real estate taxes for my new house.

A few other things I want to tell you about this year. Someone broke into my house and stole my kid's brand new bicycle and my set of golf clubs. The total loss from theft was $900. I paid $125 in union dues this year. I had to pay $1,200 for new suits for my job. Roca Cola requires its managers to wear suits every day on the job. I spent a total of $1,300 to pay for gas to commute to my job this year.

Oh, this is pretty cool. I've always wanted to be a firefighter. I spent $1,400 in tuition to go to the local firefighter's school. I did this because someone told me that I can deduct the tuition as an itemized deduction, so the money would be coming back to me.

That should be all the information you need right now. Please calculate my taxable income and complete pages 1 and 2 of Form 1040 (through taxable income, line 43) and Schedule A. You're still doing this for free, right?

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1040 2018 (99) Department of the Treasury-Internal Revenue Service U.S. Individual Income Tax Return IRS Use Only-Do not write or staple in this space. OMB No. 1545-0074 Single Filing status: Head of household Maried filing jointly Married filing separately Qualifying widow(er) Your social security number Your first name and initial Last name Someone can claim you as a dependent You are blind You were born before January 2, 1954 Your standard deduction: If joint return, spouse's first name and initial Last name Spouse's social security number Spouse standard deduction: Someone can claim your spouse as a dependent Spouse was born before January 2, 1954 Full-year health care coverage or exempt (see inst.) Spouse is blind Spouse itemizes on a separate return or you were dual-status alien Home address (number and street). If you have a P.O. box, see instructions. Apt. no. Presidential Election Campaign (see inst.) You Spou se City, town or post office, state, and ZIP code. If you have a foreign address, attach Schedule 6. If more than four dependents, see inst. andhere Dependents (see instructions): (2) Social security number (3) Relationship to you (4)if qualifies for (see inst.) Credit for other dependents Child tax credit (1) First name Last name Sign Here Under penalties of perjury, I declare that I have examined this return and accompanying schedules and statements, and to the best of my knowledge and belief, they are true, correct, and complete. Declaration of preparer (other than taxpayer) is based on all information of which preparer has any knowledge. If the IRS sent you an Identity Protection PIN, enter it here (see inst) Your signature Date Your occupation Joint return? See instructions. Keep a copy for PIN t you an identity Protection here (see inst) Firm's EIN Spouse's signature. If a joint return, both must sign. Date Spouse's occupation your records. PTIN Preparer's name Preparer's signature Check if: Paid 3rd Party Designee Self-employed Preparer Use Only Firm's name Phone no. Fim's address Form 1040 (2018 For Disclosure, Privacy Act, and Paperwork Reduction Act Notice, see separate instructions. Cat No. 11320B Page 2 Form 1040 (2018) 172900 1 Wages, salaries, tips, etc. Attach Form(s) W-2 1 2a b Taxable interest 2a Tax-exempt interest 2b Attach Form(s) W-2, Also attach Qualified dividends b Ordinary dividends 3a 33 b Form(s) W-2G and Aa 4b 4a IRAS, pensions, and annuities b Taxable amount 1099-R if tax was withheld Social security benefits 5a 5a b Taxable amount 5b 6 Total income. Add lines 1 through 5. Add any amount from Schedule 1, line 22 6 7 Adjusted gross income. If you have no adjustments to income, enter the amount from line 6; otherwise, subtract Sched ule 1, line 36, from line 6 7 Standard Deduction for- Standard deduction or itemized deductions (from Schedule A) Single or married filing separately Qualified business income deduction (see instructions) Taxable income. Subtract lines 8 and 9 from line 7. If zero or less, enter -0- 10 10 Married filing jointly or Qualifying 11 widow(er), $24,000 Head of old, $18.000 2 Form 4972 a Tax (see inst. check if any from: 1 Form(s) 8814 3 b Add any amount from Schedule 2 and check here 11 a Child tax credit/credit for other dependents 12 b Add any amount from Schedule 3 and check here 12 less, enter -0- 13 Subtract line 12 from line 11. If zero 13 If you checked any box under Standard 14 Other taxes. Attach Schedule 4 14 15 Total tax. Add lines 13 and 14 15 16 see instructions. Federal income tax withheld from Forms W-2 and 1099 16 Refundable credits b Sch. 8812 c Form 8863 17 EIC (see inst.) 17 Add any amount from Schedule 5 Add lines 16 and 17. These are your total payments 18 18 19 19 If line 18 is more than line 15, subtract line 15 from line 18. This is the amount you overpaid Refund 20a Amount of line 19 you want refunded to you. If Form 8888 20a attached, check here Checking Direct deposit? See instructions. Savings c Type: b Routing number d Account number 21 Amount of line 19 you want applied to your 2019 estimated tax 21 Amount you owe. Subtract line 18 from line 15. For details on how to pay, see instructions 22 Amount You Owe 22 23 Estimated tax penalty (see instructio ns) 23 Form 1040 (2018 Go to www.irs.gov/Form 1040 for instructions and the latest information