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Determine if the following are included or excluded from gross income:
| What is included in gross income - salary or employment income, dividend or interest received, alimony, pension, capital gains, and rental income. | ||||||||||||||
| What is not included in gross income - social security benefits, life insurance payouts, some inheritances or gifts, state or municipal bond interest. | ||||||||||||||
| a) Mary's father gave her 10000 so that she can purchase a car | ||||||||||||||
| This will come under the "gifts" source of income and will not be included | ||||||||||||||
| in gross income. | ||||||||||||||
| b) The Lang family receives $3,000 from a friend after their house was destroyed by fire. | ||||||||||||||
| This will come under the "gifts" source of income and will not be included | ||||||||||||||
| in gross income. | ||||||||||||||
| c) Martha gives her attorney an extra $500 because he did an excellent job preparing her will. | ||||||||||||||
| This is the attorney's salary income and will be included in the attorney's gross income | ||||||||||||||
| d) Justin’s employer gave him an iPad because he has not been absent from work for three weeks. | ||||||||||||||
| This is not part of the salary income and is a gift from the employer. | ||||||||||||||
| This gift will not be included in gross income. | ||||||||||||||
| e) Juan’s wife died three weeks ago, and her employer gave Juan’s children $2,000. | ||||||||||||||
| This is not part of the salary income and is a gift from the employer. | ||||||||||||||
| This gift will not be included in gross income. | ||||||||||||||
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f) Henri’s aunt died and left him $40,000 in cash and a car worth $22,000. |
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| This will come under the "inheritances" source of income and will not be included | ||||||||||||||
| in gross income. | ||||||||||||||