Tax Return Problem 6

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Individual (after Chapter 14)

Instructions:

Please complete the 2019 federal income tax return for Carlos and Maria Gomez. Ignore the

requirement to attach the form(s) W-2 to the front page of the Form 1040. If required information ismissing, use reasonable assumptions to fill in the gaps.

Carlos and Maria Gomez live in Lubbock, Texas. The Gomezes have two children: Luis (age 14) and Amanda (age 12). Both children qualify as federal income tax dependents of Carlos and Maria. The Gomezes provided the following information:

Luis's social security number is 589-24-8432

Amanda's social security number is 599-74-8733

The Gomez's current mailing address is 543 West La Patera, Lubbock, Texas 79401

Carlos is a civil engineer. For the first two months of the year, he was employed by West Texas Engineering (WTE). However, he resigned his position with WTE to start his own engineering firm called Gomez Professional Engineers (GPE). GPE is conducted as a sole proprietorship with Carlos being the sole owner. GPE started business on January 1, 2019 and is located at 1515 West Industrial Road Lubbock, Texas 79401 (EIN 20-1616167). Maria is self employed as a part-time bookkeeper.

Carlos provided the following W-2 from WTE.