South-Western Federal Taxation 2019: Individual Income Taxes (Intuit ProConnect Tax Online 2017 & RIA Checkpoint 1 term (6 months) Printed Access Card)
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ISBN: 9781337702546
Author: James C. Young, William H. Hoffman, William A. Raabe, David M. Maloney, Annette Nellen
Publisher: Cengage Learning
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Chapter 5, Problem 13DQ
Eagle Life Insurance Company pays its employees $0.30 per mile for driving their personal automobiles to and from work. The company reimburses each employee who rides the bus $100 a month for the cost of a pass. Tom collected $100 for his automobile mileage, and Mason received $100 as reimbursement for the cost of a bus pass.
- a. What are the effects of the above on Tom’s and Mason’s gross income?
- b. Assume that Tom and Mason are in the 24% marginal tax bracket and the actual before-tax cost for Tom to drive to and from work is $0.30 per mile. What are Tom’s and Mason’s after-tax costs of commuting to and from work?
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