Question

Marc and Michelle are married and earned salaries this year of $69,200 and $13,950 respectively. In addition to their salaries, they received interest of $350 from municipal bonds and $1,150 from corporate bonds. Marc contributed $3,150 to an individual retirement account, and Marc paid alimony to a prior spouse in the amount of $2,150. Marc and Michelle have a 10-year-old son, Matthew, who lived with them throughout the entire year. Thus, Marc and Michelle are allowed to claim a $2,000 child tax credit for Matthew. Marc and Michelle paid $7,300 of expenditures that qualify as itemized deductions and they had a total of $6,330 in federal income taxes withheld from their paychecks during the course of the year. (Use the 2018 tax rate schedules.)

a. What is the total amount of Marc and Michelle's deductions from AGI?
b. What is Marc and Michele's adjusted gross income?

Answer 1

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Step-by-step explanation:

a)

Gross income = Marc salary + Michelle salary + corporate bond interest = $69200 + $13950 + $1150 = $84300

AGI deductions = contribution + alimony = $3150 + $2150 = $5300

Adjusted gross income = Gross income - AGI deductions = $84300 - $5300 =$79000

Let us assume married filing jointly = $24000

Itemized deductions = $7300

Greater of married filing jointly and Itemized deductions = married filing jointly = $24000

personal and dependency exemptions = $4050 per person

Therefore personal and dependency exemptions for Marc, Michelle and their child = 3 * $4050 = $12150

total amount of Marc and Michelle's deductions from AGI = Greater of married filing jointly and Itemized deductions + personal and dependency exemptions = $24000 + $12150 = $36150

b) Adjusted gross income = Gross income - AGI deductions = $84300 - $5300 =$79000