Richard McCarthy is a single taxpayer living at 169 Trendie Street, Apartment 6B, La Jolla, CA 92037.

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Richard McCarthy is a single taxpayer living at 169 Trendie Street, Apartment 6B, La Jolla, CA 92037. His Social Security number is 865-68-9635 and his birthdate is September 18, 1971.

In 2016, Richard was employed as a delivery person for a local pizza restaurant. Richard’s W-2 showed the following:

Richard’s only other source of income during the year was a $10,000 prize he won appearing on a game show. The game show withheld $2,800 of federal income taxes before paying Richard.

He has no other adjustments to income or deductible expenses. Unfortunately, Richard’s employer did not provide health care to its employees but Richard signed up for coverage through his state’s health care exchange. The exchange sent him a Form 1095-A as shown on Page 6-72.

Required: Complete Richard’s federal tax return for 2016. Use Form 1040, on Pages 6-73 to 6-74 and Form 8962, on Page 6-81. Make realistic assumptions about any missing data.

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Income Tax Fundamentals 2017

ISBN: 9781305872738

35th Edition

Authors: Gerald E. Whittenburg, Steven Gill, Martha Altus Buller

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