Daniel, age 64, retires and receives a $1,200 per month annuity from his employer's qualified pension plan. Daniel made $72,000 of after-tax contributions to the plan before retirement. Under the simplified method, Daniel's number of anticipated payments is 240. What is the amount includible in income in the first year of withdrawals assuming 12 monthly payments?

Leland pays premiums of 5,000 for an insurance policy in the face amount of 25,000 upon the life of Caleb and subsequently transfers the policy to Tyler for 7,500. Over the years, Tyler pays subsequent premiums of 1,500 on the policy. Upon Calebs death, Tyler receives the proceeds of 25,000. As a result, what amount is Tyler required to include in his gross income?

In each of the following problems, identify the tax issue(s) posed by the facts presented. Determine the possible tax consequences of each issue that you identify. Ariel has worked for Sander Corporation for 30 years. Sander has a pension plan in which it matches employee contributions by up to 5 percent of the employees salary. Ariel, who is single, retires during the current year when she is 66 years old. Her pension plan contains payments and earnings of 300,000, half of which are attributable to payments made by Ariel and half attributable to payments made by Sander. Under the plan, Ariel is to receive 2,000 per month until she dies.

Karen, 28 years old and a single taxpayer, has a salary of $33,000 and rental income of $33,000 for the 2019 calendar tax year. Karen is covered by a pension through her employer. What is the maximum amount that Karen may deduct for contributions to her IRA for 2019? $__________________________ If Karen is a calendar year taxpayer and files her tax return on August 15, what is the last date on which she can make her contribution to the IRA and deduct it for 2019? $__________________________

On January 1, 2019, Kunto, a cash basis taxpayer, pays 46,228 for a 24-month certificate. The certificate is priced to yield 4% (the effective interest rate) with interest compounded annually. No interest is paid until maturity, when Kunto receives 50,000. In your computations: a. Compute Kuntos gross income from the certificate for 2019. b. Compute Kuntos gross income from the certificate for 2020. Round any amounts to the nearest dollar.

During the 2019 tax year, Brian, a single taxpayer, received $ 7,400 in Social Security benefits. His adjusted gross income for the year was $14,500 (not including the Social Security benefits) and he received $ 30,000 in tax-exempt interest income and has no for-AGI deductions, Calculate the amount of the Social Security benefits that Brian must include in his gross income for 2019. SIMPIFIED TAXABLE SOCIAL SECURITY WORKSHEET (FOR MOST PEOPLE) 1. Enter the total amount of Social Security income. 2. Enter one-half of line 1 3. Enter the total of taxable income items on Form 1040 except Social Security income. 4. Enter the amount of tax-exempt interest income. 5. Add lines 2,3, and 4 6. Enter all adjustments for AGl except for student loan interest, the domestic production activities deduction, and the tuition and fees deduction. 7. Subtract line 6 from line 5 . If zero or less, stop here, none of the Social Security benefits are taxable. 8. Enter $ 25,0001 $ 32,000 if married filing jointly; 0 if married filing separately and living with spouse at any time during the year) 9. Subtract line 8 from line 7 . If zero or less, enter -0 - Note: If line 9 is zero or less, stop here; none of your benefits are faxable. Otherwise, go on to line 10 10. Enter $ 9,0001 $12,000 if married filing jointly; 0 if married filing separately and living with spouse at any time during the year) 11. Subtract line 10 from line 9. If zero or less, enter -0 -. 12. Enter the smaller of line 9 or line 10 . 13. Enter one-half of line 12 14. Enter the smaller of line 2 or line 13 . 15. Multiply line 11 by 85 (. 85 ). If line 11 is zero, enter -0 -. 16. Add lines 14 and 15 17. Multiply line 1 by 85(.85) 18. Taxable benefits. Enter the smaller of line 16 or line 17 . 1.____________ 2.____________ 3.____________ 4.____________ 5.____________ 6.____________ 7.____________ 8.____________ 9.____________ 10.____________ 11.____________ 12.____________ 13.____________ 14.____________ 15.____________ 16.____________ 17.____________ 18.____________

Greg died on July 1,2019 , and left Lea, his wife, a $45,000 life insurance policy which she elects to receive at $9,000 per year plus interest for 5 years. In the current year, Lea receives $9,500. How much should Lea include in her gross income? $____________

Charles E. Bennett, age 64, will retire next year and is trying to decide whether to begin collecting his Social Security benefits at that time. His monthly benefits will increase if he defers his starting date for the benefits. He has asked you to estimate how much his income tax will increase as a result of collecting Social Security. Charles and his wife Bernice B., file a joint return, have no other dependents, and claim the standard deduction. Their only income other than the Social Security benefits are: The Social Security benefits for the year would be 12,000. a. Complete Worksheet 1, Figuring Your Taxable Benefits, included in IRS Publication 915 to determine the taxable portion of this couples taxable Social Security benefits (the publication includes a blank worksheet). b. What is the taxable portion of the 12,000 in Social Security benefits?