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Compute Aiden’s 2019 taxable income on the basis of the following information. Aiden is married but has not seen or heard from his wife for over three years.
Salary...............................................................................................................$ 80,000
Interest on bonds issued by City of Boston.....................................................3,000
Interest on CD issued by Wells Fargo Bank.....................................................2,000
Cash dividend received on Chevron common stock......................................2,200
Life insurance proceeds paid due to the death of Aunt Margie
(Aiden was the designated beneficiary of the policy).................................200,000
Inheritance received on death of Aunt Margie............................................100,000
Jackson (a cousin) repaid a loan Aiden made to him in 2013
(no interest was provided for)............................................................................5,000
Itemized deductions (state income tax, property taxes on residence, interest on home mortgage, charitable contributions).......................................................9,700
Number of dependents (children, ages 17 and 18; mother-in-law, age 60).........3
Age...............................................................................................................................43
Salary $ 80,000
Interest on CD 2,000
Dividend 2,200
AGI $ 84,200
Standard deduction (head of household) (18,350)
Taxable income $ 65,850
The interest ($3,000) on the bonds is an exclusion (not taxable). Also excluded from gross income are the life insurance proceeds ($200,000) and the inheritance ($100,000). The loan repayment ($5,000) is a nontaxable return of capital. Aiden chose not to itemize his deductions from AGI ($9,700); the head-of-household standard deduction ($18,350) provides a larger from AGI deduction.
Taxable income = $ 65,850