Sachin has always lived in Quebec and is ready to file his $2023$ personal income tax returns. He feels that he is heavily taxed and has stated that he pays $50\%$ of his earnings in taxes. You believe that this is an exaggeration and will help with his tax calculations below based on the information he has provided.

Information that Sachin has provided:

$-$Gross salary in $2022$ $$100,000$

$-$Gross salary in $2023$ $$112,900$

$-$Gross salary in $2024$ $$121,200$

$-$Bonus in $2023$ $$17,000$

$-$Sachin does not participate in a company pension plan

$-$Sachin always makes the maximum RRSP contribution each year on March $1$st

$-$Sachin always makes the maximum TFSA contribution each year on March $1$st

$-$Sachin has annual professional dues of $$900$ that he pays to the Barreau du Qu$$bec $($professional order of lawyers$)$

$-$Canadian eligible dividends of $$1,000($gross$-$up rate is $38\%)$

$-$Sold $200$ Shopify Inc. shares for $$102/$share in November $2023($bought $400$ shares in Shopify when they were at $$54/$share$)$

$-$Had a capital loss of $$2,000$ from a previous year that he hoped to apply against his capital gain

a$)$ In calculating Sachin$$s $2023$ personal income tax returns, what is his Total Income? b$)$ In calculating Sachin$$s $2023$ personal income tax returns, what is his Taxable Income? d$)$ What is Sachin$$s average tax rate for $2023?$ e$)$ What is Sachin$$s marginal tax rate for $2023?$ f$)$ What if Sachin earned a special performance award of $$3,000$ in $2023$ what would be the taxes payable on this cash award?