CONCEPTS IN FED.TAX.,2020-W/ACCESS
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Author: Murphy
Publisher: CENGAGE L
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Chapter 4, Problem 84IP
Calculate Carmin’s adjusted gross income on her 2019 tax return. Then do one or both of the following, according to your professor’s instructions:
- a. Include a brief explanation of how you determined each item that affected adjusted gross income and any items you excluded from gross income. Your solution to the problem should contain a list of each item included in adjusted gross income and its amount, with the explanations attached.
- b. Write a letter to Carmin explaining how you determined each item that affected adjusted gross income and any items you excluded from gross income. You should include a list of each item included in adjusted gross income and its amount.
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