Hardaway earned $100,000 of compensation this year. He also paid (or had paid for him) $3,000 of
Question:
Hardaway earned $100,000 of compensation this year. He also paid (or had paid for him) $3,000 of health insurance (not through an exchange). What is Hardaway’s AGI in each of the following situations (ignore the effects of Social Security and self-employment taxes)?
a) Hardaway is an employee and his employer paid Hardaway’s $3,000 of health insurance for him as a nontaxable fringe benefit. Consequently, Hardaway received $97,000 of taxable compensation and $3,000 of nontaxable compensation.
b) Hardaway is a self-employed taxpayer, and he paid $3,000 of health insurance himself. He is not eligible to participate in an employer-
sponsored plan.
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McGraw-Hill's Taxation Of Individuals
ISBN: 9781259729027
2017 Edition
Authors: Brian Spilker, Benjamin Ayers, John Robinson, Edmund Outslay, Ronald Worsham, John Barrick, Connie Weaver