Tax Preparation Problem

Use the following information to complete Phillip and Claire Dunphys

2016 federal income tax return. If information is missing, use reasonable assumptions to fill in the gaps. Ignore the alternative minimum tax for this problem.

Any required forms, schedules, and instructions can be found at the IRS website (www.irs.gov). The instructions can be helpful in completing the forms.

Facts:

Phillip and Claire are married and file a joint return. Phillip is self-employed as a real estate agent, and Claire is a flight attendant. Phillip and Claire have three dependent children. All three children live at home with Phillip and Claire for the entire year.

The Dunphys provide you with the following additional information:

The Dunphys do not want to contribute to the presidential election campaign.

The Dunphys live at 3701 Brighton Avenue, Los Angeles, California 90018.

Phillips birthday is 11/5/1970 and his Social Security number is 321-44-5766.

Claires birthday is 5/12/1973 and her Social Security number is 567-77-1258.

Haleys birthday is 11/6/2004 and her Social Security number is 621-18-7592.

Alexs birthday is 2/1/2006 and her Social Security number is 621-92-8751.

Lukes birthday is 12/12/2010 and his Social Security number is 621-99-9926.

The Dunphys do not have any foreign bank accounts or trusts.

Claire is a flight attendant for Western American Airlines (WAA), where she earned $57,000 in salary. WAA withheld federal income tax of $6,375, state income tax of $1,800, Los Angeles city income tax of $675, Social Security tax of $3,600, and Medicare tax of $825.

Phillip and Claire received $300 of interest from State Savings Bank on a joint account. They also received a qualified dividend of $395 on jointly owned stock in Xila Corporation.

Page C-6Phillips full-time real estate business is named Phillip Dunphy Realty. His business is located at 645 Grove Street, Los Angeles, California 90018, and his employer identification number is 93-3488888. Phillips gross receipts during the year were $730,000. Phillip uses the cash method of accounting for his business. Phillips business expenses are as follows:

Advertising	$ 5,000
Professional dues	800
Professional journals	200
Employee wages	48,000
Insurance on office contents	1,120
Accounting services	2,100
Miscellaneous office expense	500
Utilities and telephone	3,360
Payroll taxes	3,600
Depreciation	To be calculated

On March 20, Phillip moved his business out of the old offices at 1103 Allium Lane into a newly constructed and equipped office on Grove Street. Phillip sold the old office building and all its furnishings. Phillips expenditures for the new office building are as follows:

Date Acquired	Asset	Cost
3/20	Land	$ 300,000
3/20	Office building	2,500,000
3/20	Furniture	200,000
4/1	Computer system	350,000
6/1	Artwork	150,000

Phillip computes his cost recovery allowance using MACRS. He would like to use the 179 immediate expensing, but he has elected to not claim any bonus depreciation. Phillip has never claimed 179 or bonus depreciation before. The assets Phillip sold on March 20 are as follows:

Date Acquired		Asset		Sales Price	Original Cost	Accumulated Depreciation as of Beginning of the Year
5/1/10		Office building		$940,000	$900,000	$129,825
5/1/10		Land		200,000	100,000	0
7/1/10		Furniture		50,000	239,000	206,998
8/13/12		Furniture		10,000	324,000	222,782
4/12/13		Office equipment		100,000	120,000	67,524
5/13/15		Computers	30,000	50,000	10,000

Phillip has never sold any assets relating to his business before this transaction.

The Dunphys sold 60 shares of Fizbo Corporation common stock on September 3 for $65 a share (minus a $50 total commission). The Dunphys purchased the stock on November 8, 2015, for $90 a share. They also sold a painting for $13,000 on March 1. Claire purchased the painting for $20,050 on September 1, 2009, as an investment.

The Dunphys filed their 2015 federal, state, and local returns on April 13, 2016. They paid the following additional 2015 taxes with their returns: federal income taxes of $630, state income taxes of $250, and city income taxes of $75.

The Dunphys made timely estimated federal income tax payments of $20,000 each quarter during 2016. They also made estimated state income tax payments of $1,000 each quarter and estimated city income tax payments of $300 each quarter. Page C-7The Dunphys made all fourth-quarter payments on December 31, 2016. They would like to receive a refund for any overpayments.

Phillip and Clair have qualifying insurance for purposes of the Affordable Care Act (ACA).

You do not have to compute depreciation for the items sold as I am giving you you what you will use as accumulated depreciation for the date of the items sold. From there you can determine the amount of depreciation taken on those items for the current year,

Land cost $100000

Furniture cost $239000 accumulated depreciation on sale date $217669

Office Building Cost $900000 Accumulated Depreciation on sale date $134633

Office equipment Cost $120000 Accumulated depreciation on sale date $75016

Furniture Cost $324000 Accumulated Depreciation on date of sale $237249

Computers Cost Cost $50000 Accumulated depreciation on sale date $18000

The difference between the accumulated depreciation for the beginning of the year on these assets and to the time of sale is the current depreciation on these assets. You will in addition need to compute the allowable depreciation for the current assets purchased in 2017. Remember all transactions are for our purposes is in the tax year 2017.