Juan, who is single, is a self-employed carpenter as well as an employee of Frame It, Inc. His self-employment net income is $35,000, and he received a W-2 from Frame It for wages of $25,000. He is covered by his employer’s pension plan, but his employer does not offer a health plan in which he could participate.   Required: Up to how much of his self-employed health insurance premiums could he deduct for this year, if any? How much of Juan’s self-employment taxes would be deductible?              a. Percentage of self-employment insurance deductible              ????     %   Maximum amount of self-employment insurance premium deductible     b. Percentage of self-employment taxes deductible              ????     %

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Juan, who is single, is a self-employed carpenter as well as an employee of Frame It, Inc. His self-employment net income is $35,000, and he received a W-2 from Frame It for wages of $25,000. He is covered by his employer’s pension plan, but his employer does not offer a health plan in which he could participate.

 

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  1. Up to how much of his self-employed health insurance premiums could he deduct for this year, if any?
  2. How much of Juan’s self-employment taxes would be deductible? 
 
 
       
a. Percentage of self-employment insurance deductible              ????     %
  Maximum amount of self-employment insurance premium deductible    
b. Percentage of self-employment taxes deductible              ????     %

 

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