Complete the following personal tax case using CanTax 2020 T1 software

Jessie Pinkman is 40 years old, married and has 2 children aged 2 and 8 years old. She is employed as a security consultant at Los Pollos Hermanos Distribution Ltd and has an annual salary of $148,000. Her 2020 T4 is provided below.

She has asked you whether she will have a federal income tax payable or refund for 2020 (let the software calculate the provincial taxes).

Other information she shared with you is as follows:

• Her spouse's name is Kelly Pinkman and was born on October 12,1984.
• Her children's names and birthdates are:
  • Rose Pinkman, daughter, January 12, 2012, and
  • Raj Pinkman, son, February 17, 2018.
• Each child had a physical infirmity (hearing impairment)
• Her employer paid for the $300/month underground parking spot at the company’s head office. The employment income reported on her 2020 T4 does not include this amount.
• Her employer gave her a $3,000 flat-screen tv as an award for her 10-year work anniversary. The employment income reported on her 2020 T4 does not include this amount.
• Her employer gave her a $25 company t-shirt for her while working from home during the pandemic. The employment income reported on her 2020 T4 does not include this amount.
• Her employer paid $2,200 in premiums for her towards her membership in the company-sponsored group disability plan. The employment income reported on her 2020 T4 does not include this amount.
• Her employer allowed her to work from home from March 13^th to December 31^st, 2020. She incurred the following expenses while working from home:
  • Utilities $2,200
  • Repairs and maintenance (furnace repair) $5,000
  • property taxes $7,200
  • house insurance $1,600
  • interest on mortgage $16,000
  • repainting and rewiring of work space $500
  • home internet service fees $600
  • home telephone monthly charges $360
  • work-related long distance telephone charge (100%) $240
• Jessie’s home has 2,000 square feet of living space. She uses 200 square feet for her work space in the home.
• Jessie’s work space at home is used exclusively for the purpose of carrying out her employment duties and is used on a regular and continuous basis for meeting clients of Los Pollos (through WebEx and Teams).
• Jessie purchased a new desk and chair for her home office for a combined cost of $2,000.
• Jessie also purchased a new Surface Book 3 laptop to use for employment purposes from home at a cost of $2,849
• She earned $6,500 in interest on her investments. She received a T5 tax slip for this interest amount from Laurentian Bank
• Jessie made an RRSP contribution of $12,000. She made her RRSP contribution with InvestSimple, on February 10,2021. She recieved an RRSP Contribution tax receipt from InvestSimple in early March 2021 for this contribution.
• Jessie's 2019 Earned Income was $110,000.
• Jessie and her spouse did not incur any childcare expenses during the year, because her parents were able to provide all necessary child care.
• She is required by her employer to use her own automobile, Ford Explorer, in the course of her employment. Her total automobile costs for the year, including lease costs, gas, repairs and maintenance, are $8,000. She drove her car 20,000 kilometres during the year; 14,000 kilometres of this amount was for employment purposes.
• Her spouse, Kelly Pinkman, had employment income in 2020 of $4,000 from her part-time job.
• Jessie was enrolled as a part-time student for 8 months in 2020 at Toronto’s preeminent post-secondary institution, Seneca College, and took two courses during the year at a cost of $3,600.
• In addition to the donations reported on her T4, Jessie made charitable donations of $2,400 to the United Way in 2020.
• Jessie incurred medical expenses of $5,600 for her family for the 12-month period ending on September 30, 2020. This was the 12-month period ending in 2020 for which she incurred the highest amount of medical expenses. For the 2020 calendar year, her medical expenses for her family totaled $5,200.

REQUIRED: Use CanTax T1 2020 software to complete Jessie Pinkman’s 2020 personal tax return. The return you submit should include balances on all relevant lines and forms required to determine Jessie’s:

1. Employment Income (8 marks)
2. Total Income (2 mark)
3. Net Income (8 marks)
4. Taxable Income (2 mark)
5. Federal tax liability (6 marks)
6. Non-refundable tax credits (20 marks)
7. Federal tax payable or refund (4 marks)

Let the software calculate provincial income tax.

Answer rating: 100% (QA)

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