What is the taxpayer's gross income in each of the following situations? Do not type a dollar sign. Use commas when appropriate as in 3,500. If the answer is zero, type a 0. a. Myra received a salary of $80,000 from her employer, Green Construction. b. In July, Green Construction gave Myra an all-expense-paid trip to Las Vegas (value of $3,200) for exceeding her sales goals. c. Darrin received $9,000 from his employer to help him pay his medical expenses not covered by insurance, this payment is not available to all employees. d. Blake received $5,000 from his deceased wife's employer to help him in his time of greatest need." e. Austin collected $50,000 as the beneficiary of a group term life insurance policy when his wife died. The premiums on the policy were paid by his deceased wife's employer.

Larren Buffett is concerned after receiving her weekly paycheck. She believes that her deductions for Social Security, Medicare, and Federal Income Tax withholding (FIT) may be incorrect. Larren is paid a salary of $4,100 weekly. She is married, claims 4 deductions, and prior to this payroll check, has total earnings of $128,255. What are the correct deductions for Social Security, Medicare, and FIT? Assume a rate of 6.2% on $128,400 for Social Security and 1.45% for Medicare. (Use Table 9.1 and Table 9.2). (Round your answers to the nearest cent.) Social Security taxes Medicare taxes FIT Deductions

The following information applies to the questions displayed below.] Haru is a self-employed cash-method, calendar-year taxpayer, who made the following cash payments related to his business this year. Calculate the after-tax cost of each payment assuming Haru has a 37 percent marginal tax rate.   a. $500 fine for speeding while traveling to a client meeting. b. $800 of interest on a short-term loan incurred in September and repaid in November. Half of the loan proceeds was used immediately to pay salaries and the other half was invested in municipal bonds until November. c. $600 for office supplies in May of this year. Haru used half of the supplies this year, and he will use the remaining half by February of next year. d. $450 for several pairs of work boots. Haru expects to use the boots about 80 percent of the time in his business and the remainder of the time for hiking. Consider the boots to be a form of clothing.

Compute the penalty described for the following taxpayers. If an amount is zero, enter "0". If required, round your answers to two decimal places. Question Content Area a.  Wilson filed his individual tax return on the original due date, but failed to pay $2,310 in taxes that were due with the return. If Wilson pays the taxes exactly 3 months late (not over 60 days), calculate the amount of his failure-to-pay penalty.$fill in the blank  b.  Joan filed her individual income tax return 5 months after it was due. She did not request an extension of time for filing. Along with her return, Joan remitted a check for $725, which was the balance of the taxes she owed with her return. Disregarding interest, calculate the total penalties that Joan will be required to pay, assuming the failure to file was not fraudulent.$fill in the blank