Tax Return Project: can be done individually or in groups of 2 or 3 Due Date: submit one copy per group in person on 4/26/2022 [Tuesday of last week of classes) Dellverables: Form 1040, Schedule 1, Sch. A, Sch. C, Sch. D, Form 4797 {in this order} Milestone Dates: You must use the time given in class effectively. Go through the items in the order they are listed and complete the below items by the given dates: 0 No questions on #1-2h are allowed after 4/7 a No questions on #2i-4 are allowed after 4/14 0 No questions on #5-7 are allowed after 4/21 Information: Julie and David Day are married taxpayers who le jointly. Their addresses and social security numbers have been pre-populated into the forms. They also have 3 dependent children: two children who live at home {under 17 but older than 6) and one 20-year old who is a full time student at a state university. Their names and social security numbers have also been pre-populated. David Day works as a claims adjuster forthe insurance company with a gekko as its mascot. Julie is self- employed as a life coach. 1. David received the following 2021 earnings statement from his employer. Description Gross Pay 401(k) contribution Pretax health insurance premiums Federal income tax withheld FICA Social Security and Medicare State income tax withheld 2. Sef-employmentincome: Julie operates her life coaching business as a sole proprietorship and uses the cash method for tax purposes. Some information on Schedule C has been pre-populated. Use the information below to fill out the rest of Schedule C. Note that some of the items may be reported elsewhere on the tax return (i.e., not all of them go directly on the Schedule C). a. Cash receipts of $95,000 during 2021. She also performed a one-week seminar at the end of 2021 for which she received a $5,000 payment on January 10, 2022. b. For financial reporting purposes, she recorded $48,000 of labor costs related to her assistant during 2021. She didn't give the final $2,000 paycheck to her assistant until the rst week of 2022. c. Paid $3,650 for the employer portion of FICA taxes for her assista nt's wages. d. Paid $3,000 of property taxes on her office building. e. Julie paid $1,400 for utilities and another $400 for office supplies that were completely used by the end of the year. f. Julie prepaid $6,000 of insurance for a 12-month period beginning July of 2021. Julie prepaid interest of $600 on a business loan for the six-month period Oct. 2021-March 2022. Julie spent $1,000 on business meals at restaurants during 2021. .75.\" i. Depreciation: Calculate the amount of depreciation on the below assets. You do not need to complete Form 4562. Assume Julie took 50% bonus depreciation on the tangible personal property in the year she placed the asset into service. Also, recall that you must adjust the full year depreciation rate when an asset is sold during the year. Description Life Cost Basis Purchase Date Sale Date Convention Computer 5 2,000 January 2016 N/A Half-year Furniture 7 4,000 December 2017 N/A Mid-quarter Office Building 39 120,000 September 2016 August 2021 Mid-month j. Soie ofthe o'ice buiiding: Julie sold the office building in August of 2021. The amount realized on the sale is $135,000. Assume the adjusted basis at the date of the sale is $100,000 (cost basis 120,000 20,000 of accumulated depreciation). 0 Calculate the gain or loss on the asset sale, and then report it in Part III of Form 4797. Line 32 on the second page of the form eventually transfers to the first page of the form. 0 Julie has $4,000 of nonrecaptured net 51231 losses from two years ago. Report accordingly on page 1 of the Form 4797. 0 Finish completing Form 4797, and you will nd that a portion of the gain ends up on Schedule D Line 11, and a portion of the gain ends up on Line 4 of Schedule 1. k. Record the total net profit from the complete Schedule C on the applicable line of the Form 1040. l. Julie made estimated tax payments of $4,000 related to her coaching business. Report the amount directly on Line 26 of Form 1040. m. Julie contributed $6,000 to a SEP IRA. Self-employment taxes: Calculate the amount of self-employment taxes related to Julie's self- employment income and report on the relevant lines of the Form 1040. You do not need to complete Form SE or Schedule 2, but it may help to look at the Form SE to double-check your calculation. Quoiied business income deduction: Calculate the qualied business income deduction and enter on Line 13 of Form 1040. Recall that QBI is net income from self-employment less the deductible component of self-employment taxes (i.e., take your Schedule C net income number and subtract the deduction for self-employment taxes you calculated above}. Note that the Days do not have enough taxable income to worry about either excluded services or the wage limitations. interest and Dividends: The Days received the below payments related to interest and dividends for the year. Report the taxable amounts on the correct lines of the Form 1040. 0 $150 interest on an original issue corporate bond, discount amortization for the year is $50 a $225 interest on a corporate bond, premium amortization for the year is $75 0 $200 interest on a city of Sugar Land bond 0 $1,000 of qualified dividends and $500 of nonqualifying dividends Stock Sale: The Days had the below transactions in the stock of WDC. Assume the Days want to minimize their tax (not necessarily minimize the gain} when choosing between FIFO or specific identification. Report the gain/loss on the appropriate area of Schedule D (either Line 1a or Line Ba depending on whether it is short-term or long-term). You do not need to complete Form 8949. o Purchased 100 shares at $67 per share in September of 2020 0 Purchased 100 shares at $70 per share in November of 2020 0 Sold 100 shares at $82 per share in October of 2021 10. 11. 12. 13. itemized vs Standard Deduction: The Days are going to have enough itemized deductions to exceed their standard deduction of $25,100. Use the below information to complete Schedule A. Take the total from Schedule A and enter on the appropriate line of the Form 1040. Note that the items may or may not qualify as an itemized deduction. 0 State income tax withheld, see Item #1 Property taxes of $8,000 on their home Home insurance premiums of $1,800 Interest of $8,000 on their home mortgage and interest of $1,000 on a car loan Cash contributions of $10,000 to qualied charities Medical expenses of $15,000 Regular Tax Liability: After calculating taxable income, use the below tax brackets to calculate the Days' tax liability and enter this amount the appropriate line of the Form 1040. Recall that income taxed at ordinary rates must be separated from income taxed at preferential rates. You must show work for this calculation if you want to be eligible for partial credit. 2021 Brackets for Married Filing Jointly Taxpayers Taxable Income Bracket Tax Owed $0 to $19,900 10% of Taxable Income $19,900 to $81,050 $1,990 plus 12% of excess over $19,900 $81,050 to $172,750 $9,328 plus 22% of excess over $81,050 $172,750 to $329,850 $29,502 plus 24% of excess over $172,750 Child and Dependent Care Credit: The Days paid $20,000 of child care expenses during the year in order that Julie could work in her life coaching business. Calculate the amount of child and dependent care credit that the Days are eligible to claim. Use Exhibit 8-10 and their AGI that you have calculated to determine their applicable credit percentage for 2021. The credit would be reported on Schedule 3, but you are not required to complete that form so just include the credit in the total on line 20 of the Form 1040. You also do not need to complete Form 2441. American Opportunity Tax Credit: The Days paid the tuition for their oldest son to go to university. They paid well over $4,000 in tuition costs during 2021. Calculate the amount of AOC that the Days are eligible to claim. The credit is 40% refundable {60% nonrefundable}. Enter the appropriate amounts on Line 20 and Line 29 of Form 1040. You do not need to complete Form 8863. Child Tax Credit: Calculate the amount of child tax credit that the Days are eligible to claim. The 2021 AGI phase-out for married couples begins at $400,000. The Days are well below this threshold, so they will get the full amount of the normal credit. They may be phased out of the excess credit though. You should report the nal credit amount on Line 19 of Form 1040. Subtotal the amounts necessary to ll in Lines 18, 21, 22, 24, 25d, 32, and 33 of the Form 1040. Amount Due or Refund Due: Determine whether the Days will owe additional money on their return or be due a refund. If they are due a refund, they would like the amount refunded [don't worry about inputting their bank account information). Complete Lines 34r37 accordingly