Question: Below is the information you need to prepare Jack O. Lanterns 2021 Schedule A. Do not assume any information that is not supplied. Jacks Social

Below is the information you need to prepare Jack O. Lanterns 2021 Schedule A. Do not assume any information that is not supplied. Jacks Social Security number is 402-33-2415.

Jack O. Lantern has been divorced for 5 years and is filing as a single taxpayer. Jack has no dependents, his only child, Larry, is claimed as a dependent on Jacks ex-wifes tax return. Jacks only income is a $100,000 in wages. Jack pays $1,000 a month in child support. Jack is 40 years old. In 2021, he paid the following:

1) He paid the dentist $3,800 for a root canal and $200 for routine cleanings (the work was done on Jack).

2) He paid his own doctor and hospital bills of $4,000.

3) Jacks employer deducted $6,000 from Jacks wages for health insurance premiums for him and his son ($3,000 each).

4) In 2021, Jacks ex-wife saw a psychologist and Jack paid $1,000 of the psychologists bills.

5) Jacks son Larry was an in-patient at a drug rehabilitation facility for a month in 2021. Jack paid the total fee of $6,000, which included counseling, meals and lodging, on his credit card in December of 2021. He paid the credit card bill in January of 2022.

6) Jack paid $4,000 to a veterinarian for a heart transplant for his dog.

7) Jack paid $3,000 for real estate taxes on his principal residence.

8) He also paid $2,000 for real estate taxes on an acre of land he bought as an investment.

9) Jacks W-2 indicated that he had the following deductions: Federal income taxes withheld of $12,000, State income taxes withheld of $8,000 and FICA withheld of $6,450.

10) Jack filed his 2020 State income tax on April 15, 2021 and paid the amount due of $2,500 when he filed the return.

11) Jack lived in Maryland all of 2021. He did not have any large purchases that he paid state sales tax on.

12) Jack donated $25,000 in cash to the Church.

13) Jack gave a scooter to the Salvation Army. He had bought the scooter 2 years earlier for $1,000, at the time he donated the scooter it was worth $500.

14) Jack paid the bank $10,000 in mortgage interest on his principal residence.

15) He paid $200 interest on the lot he had bought for investment purposes.

16) He also paid $1,200 interest on his personal credit cards.

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