Homework Week 05

Instructions

Assignment 1-Form 1040EZ

Facts:

The taxpayer is:

Sally Student

123 Maple Street

Cincinnati, Ohio44000

Social Security No. 123-45-6789

Sally is a 20-year old college student, but also does some side work part time to help pay for college. She attends college full time, and works part time.She is claimed by her parents as a dependent, who provided over half her support.For 20XX, she had the following

W-2 Information

Gross wages income:$13,164

Interest income$132

Federal Withholding$921

To do:

Go the IRS website at irs.gov, and get a Form 1040EZ and instructions.Be sure to and include in your assignment the tax calculation worksheet (for qualifying dividend and capital gains) in the instructions. Use these, with the facts above, to Form 1040EZ for Sally for the most recent year for which there is a form (this is almost always the year prior to the present year).Remember to consider both the standard deduction and the personal exemption, if any.

Assignment 2:Form 1040 Problem

WEEK 2 - HOMEWORK 2

Facts:

The taxpayer is:

Sally Student

123 Maple Street

Cincinnati, Ohio44000

Social Security No. 123-45-6789

Sally is a 30-year old single person.She is an accountant and also works a side weekend job in an art gallery.She is not claimed as a dependent by anyone else.For 20XX, she had the following

INCOME:

1.W-2 from 1^stemployer

Gross wages income:$13,164

Federal Withholding$921

2.W-2 from 2d employer

Gross wages$50,000.00

Federal withholding$9,500.00

3.Interest income from bank$132.00

4Interest from brokerage firm$2,100.00

5.Ordinary "qualified" dividends from large U.S. Corporation:$3,000.00

To do:

Go the IRS website at irs.gov, and get a Form 1040Aand instructions, and also a Schedule B.Use these, with the facts above, to Form 1040A for Sally for the most recent year for which there is a form (this is almost always the calendar year prior to the present year).Remember to consider both the standard deduction and the personal exemption, if any.Remember to consider both the standard deduction and the personal exemption, if any.