Income Tax Fundamentals 2020
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ISBN: 9780357391129
Author: WHITTENBURG
Publisher: Cengage
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Chapter 2, Problem 34P
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Introduction: Social security is an insurance program by a federal agency, workers pay into the program generally through payroll, the benefit usually be either for a retirement benefit, spouse benefit, etc. for the purpose of tax liability some of the social security benefits are completely excluded and some of mostly middle income and upper-income recipients may have to include 85 percent of benefits in gross income.
The taxability of social security from the given information.
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Answer the following questions regarding the taxability of Social Security benefits:
a. A 68-year-old taxpayer has $20,000 in Social Security income and $100,000 in tax-free municipal bond income.
Does the municipal bond income affect the amount of Social Security the taxpayer must include in income?
Tax-free municipal bond income is added to AGI in the formula to determine
Ev the amount of taxable Social Security benefits.
b. A 68-year-old taxpayer has $20,000 in Social Security income and no other taxable or tax-free income.
How much of the Social Security income must the taxpayer include in taxable income?
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c. A 68-year-old taxpayer has $20,000 in Social Security income and has significant other taxable retirement income.
What is the maximum percentage of Social Security that the taxpayer might be required to include in taxable income?
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A married couple received $9,200 of social security benefits.
a. Calculate the taxable amount of those benefits if the couple's provisional income is $20,500.
b. Calculate the taxable amount of those benefits if the couple's provisional income is $38,000.
c. Calculate the taxable amount of those benefits if the couple's provisional income is $56,000.
Taxable amount
of benefits
a.
b.
C.
Which of the following is true regarding Social Security benefits?
a.Up to 100 percent of Social Security benefits received may be included in taxable income.
b.Social Security benefits are always excluded because wages are subject to Social Security tax when earned.
c.The Social Security inclusion formula is the same amount for each filing status.
d.Tax-exempt interest income must be included in the formula used to determine if Social Security is included in taxable income.
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Income Tax Fundamentals 2020
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