1. professor at a local university and earns a salary of $64,050. Meg works part
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professor at a local university and earns a salary of $64,050. Meg works part-time at the same university. She earns $31,150 a year. The couple does not itemize deductions. Other than salary, the Comers’ only other source of income is from the disposition of various capital assets (mostly stocks). (Use the tax rate schedules ,Dividends and Capital Gains Tax Rates.) (Round final answers to the nearest whole dollar amount.)
a. What is the Comers’ tax liability for 2018 if they report the following capital gains and losses for the year?
Matt and Meg Comer are married and file a joint tax return. They do not have any children. Matt works as a history professor at a local university and earns a salary of $64,050. Meg works part-time at the same university. She earns $31,150 a year. The couple does not itemize deductions. Other than salary, the Comers’ only other source of income is from the disposition of various capital assets (mostly stocks). (Use the tax rate schedules ,Dividends and Capital Gains Tax Rates.) (Round final answers to the nearest whole dollar amount.)
b. What is the Comers’ tax liability for 2018 if they report the following capital gains and losses for the year?
Christopher sold 120 shares of Cisco stock for $7,080 in the current year. He purchased the shares several years ago for $2,880.
Assuming his ordinary income tax rate is 24 percent, and he has no other capital gains or losses, how much tax will he pay on this gain? (Use the dividends and capital gains tax rates and t
Short-term capital gains $ 9,030 Short-term capital losses (2,030 ) Long-term capital gains 15,050 Long-term capital losses (6,050 ) 2.Matt and Meg Comer are married and file a joint tax return. They do not have any children. Matt works as a history professor at a local university and earns a salary of $64,050. Meg works part-time at the same university. She earns $31,150 a year. The couple does not itemize deductions. Other than salary, the Comers’ only other source of income is from the disposition of various capital assets (mostly stocks). (Use the tax rate schedules ,Dividends and Capital Gains Tax Rates.) (Round final answers to the nearest whole dollar amount.)
b. What is the Comers’ tax liability for 2018 if they report the following capital gains and losses for the year?
Christopher sold 120 shares of Cisco stock for $7,080 in the current year. He purchased the shares several years ago for $2,880.
Assuming his ordinary income tax rate is 24 percent, and he has no other capital gains or losses, how much tax will he pay on this gain? (Use the dividends and capital gains tax rates and t
Explanation / Answer
Total income of couple filing together 64050+31150=$95200
standard deduction $24000
taxable $71200
so i am in the 12% tax bracket
tax on ordinary income = 1905+(71200-19050)*0.12=8163
STCG to be taxed at 12% = 7000*12%=840
LTCG will be exempt
total tax = 8163+840=$9003
(answered first part of the many parts in the question)
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