Question

Charlotte (age 40) is a surviving spouse and provides all of the support of her four minor children who live with her (all are under age 16). She also maintains the household in which her parents live and furnished 60% of their support. Besides interest on City of Miami bonds in the amount of $5,500, Charlotte's father received $2,400 from a part-time job. Charlotte has a salary of $80,000, a short-term capital loss of $2,000, a cash prize of $4,000 from a church raffle, and itemized deductions of $10,500.
a. Compute Charlotte's taxable income.
b. Using the Tax Rate Schedules (click here), tax liability for Charlotte is $ ____ x for 2019.
c. Compute Charlotte's child and dependent tax credit.

Answer 1

Answer:

a. $58,000

b. $6,752

c. $9,000

Explanation:

a. The computation of taxable income is shown below:-

Taxable income = Salary - Short term capital loss + Cash Prize - Greater of Standard or itemized deduction for year 2018 (assumed)

= $80,000 - $2,000 + $4,000 - $24,000

= $58,000

b. The computation of tax liability is shown below:-

Tax liability (Surviving spouse) = ($1,940) + ($58,000 - $19,400) × 12%

=  $1,940 + $38,600 × 12%

= $1,940 + $4,632

= $6,572

c. The calculation of Charlotte's child and dependent tax credit is given below:-

= ($2,000 × 4) + ($500 × 2)

= $8,000 + $1,000

= $9,000