Clark, a widower, maintains a household for himself and his two dependent preschool children. For the year ended December 31, 2015, Clark earned a salary of $32,000. He paid $3,600 to a housekeeper to care for his children in his home, and also paid $1,500 to a kiddie play camp for child care. He had no other income or expenses during 2015. How much can Clark claim as a child and dependent care credit in 2015? a. $910. b. $1,300. c. $1,326. d. $5,100. e. None of the above. Which financial statement reports operating performance for a specific period of time? a. Balance sheet b. Income statement c. Statement of changes in shareholders' equity d. Statement of retained earnings e. Statement of Cash Flows

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Mr. and Mrs. Grnager are both full-time employees. Their three children are 16, 6, and 3 years old. The Grangers spent $13,750 in qualifying expenditures for their two youngest children's child care in 2021. How much of their qualifying expenditures may they consider when claiming the Child and Dependent Car Credit?

Jenny, single, age 42, earns $50,000 working in 2022. She has no other income. Her medical expenses for the year total $5,000. During the year, she suffered a nonbusiness casualty loss of $7,500 when her apartment is damaged by flood waters (part of a Federally declared disaster area). Jenny contributed $10,000 to her church. She is trying to decide whether to contribute $1,000 to a traditional IRA. Fill in the table below to see if the IRA contribution reduces taxable income. Don't forget to apply the floors to the medical expenses. The deductible casualty loss has been calculated for you. We will look at personal (nonbusiness) casualty losses in another chapter; note that the nonbusiness casualty loss calculation involves 2 floors. 1. Complete the table to show the effect the IRA contribution would have on Jenny's itemized deductions. Without IRA Contribution Gross Income Contribution to IRA AGI Itemized Deductions Charitable contribution Medical expense deduction Casualty loss…

Reba Dixon is a fifth-grade school teacher who earned a salary of $38,000 in 2022. She is 45 years old and has been divorced for four years. She receives $1,200 of alimony payments each month from her former husband (divorced in 2016). Reba also rents out a small apartment building. This year Reba received $50,000 of rental payments from tenants and she incurred $19,500 of expenses associated with the rental. Reba and her daughter Heather (20 years old at the end of the year) moved to Georgia in January of this year. Reba provides more than one-half of Heather's support. They had been living in Colorado for the past 15 years, but ever since her divorce, Reba has been wanting to move back to Georgia to be closer to her family. Luckily, last December, a teaching position opened up and Reba and Heather decided to make the move. Reba paid a moving company $2,250 to move their personal belongings, and she and Heather spent two days driving the 1,600 miles to Georgia. Reba rented a home in…

Reba Dixon is a fifth-grade school teacher who earned a salary of $38,000 in 2021. She is 45 years old and has been divorced for four years. She receives $1,200 of alimony payments each month from her former husband (divorced in 2016). Reba also rents out a small apartment building. This year Reba received $50,000 of rental payments from tenants and she incurred $19,500 of expenses associated with the rental.Reba and her daughter Heather (20 years old at the end of the year) moved to Georgia in January of this year. Reba provides more than one-half of Heather’s support. They had been living in Colorado for the past 15 years, but ever since her divorce, Reba has been wanting to move back to Georgia to be closer to her family. Luckily, last December, a teaching position opened up and Reba and Heather decided to make the move. Reba paid a moving company $2,270 to move their personal belongings, and she and Heather spent two days driving the 1,620 miles to Georgia.Reba rented a home in…

Reba Dixon is a fifth-grade school teacher who earned a salary of $38,000 in 2022. She is 45 years old and has been divorced for four years. She receives $1,200 of alimony payments each month from her former husband (divorced in 2016). Reba also rents out a small apartment building. This year Reba received $50,000 of rental payments from tenants and she incurred $19,500 of expenses associated with the rental. Reba and her daughter Heather (20 years old at the end of the year) moved to Georgia in January of this year. Reba provides more than one-half of Heather's support. They had been living in Colorado for the past 15 years, but ever since her divorce, Reba has been wanting to move back to Georgia to be closer to her family. Luckily, last December, a teaching position opened up and Reba and Heather decided to make the move. Reba paid a moving company $2,250 to move their personal belongings, and she and Heather spent two days driving the 1,600 miles to Georgia. Reba rented a home in…

Fred is a 22-year-old full-time college student. During 2022, he earned $2,550 from a part-time job and $1,150 in interest income.   Required: If Fred is a dependent of his parents, what is his standard deduction amount? If Fred supports himself and is not a dependent of someone else, what is his standard deduction amount?

Chad and Jason Roberts paid $8,500 during the year for childcare for their three children, aged 2, 6 and 11. Chad's annual salary was $12,000 and Jason's annual salary was $42,000. Chad can deduct the $8,500 paid from his income. a) True b) False The entire amount of retiring allowance received must be included in income, even if some part of the allowance was transferred to an RRSP. a) True. b) False The amount earned in a Tax Free Savings Account (TFSA) is not subject to taxation; however, the withdrawals from a TFSA are taxed in the hands of the recipient. a) True b) False int) MacBook Pro

Richard Cook, born 4/1/1982, was a widower in 2017 and has not remarried. He has a 5 year old daughter, Isabella,born 9/25/2016. Richard has a W-2 with wages of $41,500, social security wages of 42,500, federal income tax withheld is 1850.  And SS tax withheld is 2635, Medicare tax withheld is 616.25. His retirement plan shows $1,000 (code D) on12a of W2. He has a 1099 Int. For $100 interest income and a $20 early withdrawal penalty.  He has a receipt from Busy Bee Day Care showing he paid $1500 for daycare for his daughter for 2021.  What is the amount of his child and dependent care credit? Is he eligible for both the child tax credit and child and dependent care credit? I am assumig his correct filing status is HOH. Thanks