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Marc and Mikkel are married and earned salaries this year of $66,400 and $26,400, respectively. In addition to their salaries, they received interest of $350 from municipal bonds and $1,700 from corporate bonds. Marc contributed $3,700 to a traditional individual retirement account, and Marc paid alimony to a prior spouse in the amount of $2,700 (under a divorce decree effective June 1, 2006). Marc and Mikkel have a 10-year-old adopted son, Mason, who lived with them throughout the entire year. Thus, Marc and Mikkel are allowed to claim a $2,000 child tax credit for Mason. Marc and Mikkel paid $8,400 of expenditures that qualify as itemized deductions, and they had a total of $4,195 in federal income taxes withheld from their paychecks during the year. (Use the tax rate schedules.)

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1. What is Marc and Mikkel's gross income?
2. What is Marc and Mikkel's adjusted gross income?
3. What is the total amount of Marc and Mikkel's deductions from AGI?
4. What is Marc and Mikkel's taxable income?
5. What is Marc and Mikkel's taxes payable or refund due for the year?

Schedule Y-1-Married Filing Jointly or Qualifying Widow(er)

If taxable income is over:	But not over:	The tax is:
$ 0	$ 20,550	10% of taxable income
$ 20,550	$ 83,550	$2,055 plus 12% of the excess over $20,550
$ 83,550	$ 178,150	$9,615 plus 22% of the excess over $83,550
$ 178,150	$ 340,100	$30,427 plus 24% of the excess over $178,150
$ 340,100	$ 431,900	$69,295 plus 32% of the excess over $340,100
$ 431,900	$ 647,850	$98,671 plus 35% of the excess over $431,900
$ 647,850		$174,253.50 plus 37% of the excess over $647,850