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Elijah, who is single, is employed as a full-time high school teacher. The school district where he works recently instituted a policy requiring all of its teachers to start working on a master’s degree. Pursuant to this new rule, Elijah spent most of the summer of 2015 taking graduate courses at an out-of-town university. His MAGI is $64,000 and expenses are as follows:
Tuition $6,600
Books and course materials 1,500
Lodging 1,700
Meals 2,200
Laundry and dry cleaning 200
Campus parking 300
In addition, Elijah drove his personal automobile 2,200 miles in connection with the education. He uses the automatic mileage method.
Click here to access Exhibit 9.1. Assume that the AGI limitations of § 222 are not exceeded.
a. Which of these expenses, if any, might qualify as deductions for AGI? Select "Yes" or "No" whichever is applicable.
Tuition (subject to limitation) SelectYesNoCorrect 1 of Item 1
Lodging SelectYesNoCorrect 2 of Item 1
Auto mileage SelectYesNoCorrect 3 of Item 1
Campus parking SelectYesNoCorrect 4 of Item 1
Books and course materials SelectYesNoCorrect 5 of Item 1
Laundry and dry cleaning SelectYesNoCorrect 6 of Item 1
Meals (subject to cutback adjustment) SelectYesNoCorrect 7 of Item 1
How much, if any, of these expenses might qualify as deductions for AGI?
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It is important to differentiate between deductible and nondeductible education expenses. In addition, deductible education expenses may be partly deducted for AGI and from AGI.
b. How much of these expenses might qualify as deductions from AGI? (Assume the amount from Part a is claimed.)??????

Answer 1

Answer:

A. Tuition $4,000

B. $8,665

Explanation:

A..Based on the information given the expenses that might qualify as deductions for AGI(ADJUSTED GROSS INCOME) is TUITION

The amount of the expenses that might

qualify as deductions for AGI is the tuition amount of $4,000 reason been that we were told that he spent the amount of $6,600 on tuition and secondly the AGI(ADJUSTED GROSS INCOME limitations are not higher than the unmarried return of the amount of $65,000

b. Calculation to determine How much of these expenses might qualify as deductions from AGI

Tuition$2,600

($6,600 − $4,000)

Add Books and course materials $1,500

Add Lodging $1,700

Add Meals $1,100

($2,200 × 50% cutback adjustment)

Add Laundry and dry cleaning $200

Add Campus parking $300

Add Auto mileage $1,265

(2,200 miles × $.575)

Total deduction from AGI $8,665

Therefore The Amount of the expenses that might qualify as deductions from AGI is $8,665