Question: Mr . and Mrs . Z , both in their late 4 0 s , file a joint return for 2 0 2 3 .

Mr. and Mrs. Z, both in their late 40s, file a joint return for 2023.
Mrs. Z received taxable royalty payments = $15,000(ordinary income) from copyrights she owns.
Mr. Z received wages = $100,000. Federal tax withholding = $16,000.
Mr. Z also runs a business as a sole proprietor. Revenue = $110,000, Cost of Goods Sold = $16,000, Other expenses = $4,500(including $100 parking fines). He uses the cash method of accounting. He included $6,000 cash collected in advance from a client in revenue. At the end of the year, no service has been completed. He made a contribution of $5,000 to a qualified self-employed retirement plan. He sold some business assets with $1,100 subject to depreciation recapture and the rest a net Section 1231 gain of $1,800.
Mr. and Mrs. Z own some investment assets. This year they received $3,000 interest income from bonds issued by the state of Mississippi. They sold two stocks they had held for several years, one for a $6,000 gain and one for a $(4,000) loss.
Itemized deductions = $30,000. Any preferential tax rate =15%. Federal estimated tax payments = $18,000.
Calculate Mr. and Mrs. Z\'s AGI, taxable income, total tax liability, and amount due to the IRS or refund due to the taxpayers. Show your work.

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