Edna, 63, is a widow and works for Rhododendron Corporation. Her annual salary is $40,000. Rhododendron provides

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Edna, 63, is a widow and works for Rhododendron Corporation. Her annual salary is $40,000. Rhododendron provides the following benefits to all employees:

Medical insurance—The cost of Edna’s policy is $1,800. She incurs $950 in valid medical expenses and is reimbursed for $760 of the expenses by the company policy.

Group term life insurance—Each employee is provided with $90,000 worth of coverage under the policy.

Qualified pension plan—Rhododendron matches employee contributions up to $2,000. Edna contributes 8% of her salary to the plan.

Edna has the following other items that may affect her current-year taxes:

a. She receives $125 per month from a qualified annuity. The annuity cost $9,100. Edna is to receive the annuity for life. She began receiving the payments in January, when her life expectancy was 15 years.

b. She receives a $200 refund of last year’s state income taxes during the current year. Last year, her itemized deductions totaled $6,100. In the current year, Edna’s itemized deductions are $4,300.

c. She has a separate medical policy she purchased to cover costs that her employer provided policy does not cover. She pays $1,400 for the policy, which reimburses her for $350 of her medical expenses.

d. She owns 6% Puerto Rico bonds with a face value of $40,000. The bonds pay interest annually on December 20.

e. She sells stock she owned for $20,000 on July 1. She had paid $26,000 for the stock three years earlier. Edna invests the proceeds from the sale of the stock in a money market savings account that pays 4% interest.

f. Her brother dies and leaves her the farm he had inherited from their father. The farm is valued at $160,000. Edna leases the farm to a local farmer and receives $8,000 in rent during the current year.

g. On April 1, she gives $5,000 of Kao Corporation bonds she owns to her granddaughter. The bonds pay annual interest of 8% on December 31.

h. She receives a watch worth $300 from Rhododendron for her twenty years of loyal service. Rhododendron does not routinely give out length-of-service awards.

i. She sells land that she had held as an investment for $19,000 on October 1. She had paid $17,000 for the land two years earlier. Edna invests the proceeds in state of Oregon bonds that pay 4% interest annually on December 31.

Compute Edna’s gross income, adjusted gross income, taxable income, and her income tax liability. Edna has no dependents.


Annuity
An annuity is a series of equal payment made at equal intervals during a period of time. In other words annuity is a contract between insurer and insurance company in which insurer make a lump-sum payment or a series of payment and, in return,...
Corporation
A Corporation is a legal form of business that is separate from its owner. In other words, a corporation is a business or organization formed by a group of people, and its right and liabilities separate from those of the individuals involved. It may...
Face Value
Face value is a financial term used to describe the nominal or dollar value of a security, as stated by its issuer. For stocks, the face value is the original cost of the stock, as listed on the certificate. For bonds, it is the amount paid to the...
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Concepts In Federal Taxation

ISBN: 9780324379556

19th Edition

Authors: Kevin E. Murphy, Mark Higgins, Tonya K. Flesher

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