Question

Beth R. Jordan lives at 2322 Skyview Road, Mesa, AZ 85201. She is a tax accountant with Mesa Manufacturing Company, 1203 Western Avenue, Mesa, AZ 85201 (employer identification number 11-1111111). She also writes computer software programs for tax practitioners and has a part-time tax practice. Beth is single and has no dependents. Beth was born on July 4, 1972, and her Social Security number is 123-45-6789. She wants to contribute $3 to the Presidential Election Campaign Fund.

The following information is shown on Beth’s 2016 Wage and Tax Statement (Form W–2).

Line	Description	Amount
1	Wages, tips, other compensation	$65,000.00
2	Federal income tax withheld	10,500.00
3	Social Security wages	65,000.00
4	Social Security tax withheld	4,030.00
5	Medicare wages and tips	65,000.00
6	Medicare tax withheld	942.50
15	State	Arizona
16	State wages, tips, etc.	65,000.00
17	State income tax withheld	1,954.00

Other 2016 transactions include the following.

Beth received interest of $1,300 from Arizona Federal Savings and Loan and $400 from Arizona State Bank. Each financial institution reported the interest income on a Form 1099-INT. She received qualified dividends of $800 from Blue Corporation, $750 from Green Corporation, and $650 from Orange Corporation. Each corporation reported Beth's dividend payments on a Form 1099-DIV.

Beth received a $1,100 income tax refund from the state of Arizona on April 29, 2016. On her 2015 Federal income tax return, she reported total itemized deductions of $8,200, which included $2,200 of state income tax withheld by her employer.

Fees earned from her part-time tax practice totaled $3,800. She paid $600 to have the tax returns processed by a computerized tax return service.

On February 8, Beth bought 500 shares of Gray Corporation common stock for $17.60 a share. On September 12, Beth sold the stock for $14 a share.

Beth bought a used sport utility vehicle for $6,000 on June 5. She purchased the vehicle from her brother-in-law, who was unemployed and was in need of cash. On November 2, she sold the vehicle to a friend for $6,500.

On January 2, Beth acquired 100 shares of Blue Corporation common stock for $30 a share. She sold the stock on December 19 for $55 a share.

Beth records revenues of $16,000 from the sale of a software program she developed. Beth incurred the following expenditures in connection with her software development business.

Cost of personal computer (100% business use)	$7,000
Cost of printer (100% business use)	2,000
Furniture	3,000
Supplies	650
Fee paid to computer consultant	3,500

Beth elected to deduct the maximum portion of the cost of the computer, printer, and furniture allowed under the provisions of § 179. These items were placed in service on January 15 and used 100 percent in her business.

Although her employer suggested that Beth attend a convention on current developments in corporate taxation, Beth was not reimbursed for the travel expenses of $1,420 she incurred in attending the conference. The $1,420 included $200 for meals.

Beth paid $300 for prescription medicines and $2,875 in physician interest to credit card bills and hospital bills. Medical insurance premiums were paid by her employer. Beth paid real property taxes of $1,766 on her home. Interest on her home mortgage at Valley National Bank was $3,845, and interest paid to credit card companies totaled $320.

Beth contributed $2,080 to various qualified charities during the year. Professional dues and subscriptions totaled $350.

Beth paid $1,000 in estimated Federal income taxes throughout the year. She was covered for the entire year by Mesa Manufacturing’s health insurance policy.

Required:

Compute the 2016 net tax payable or refund due for Beth R. Jordan. You will need Forms 1040, 2106, and 4562 and Schedules A, B, C, D, and SE and the Qualified Dividends and Capital Gain Tax Worksheet.

Make realistic assumptions about any missing data.

If an amount box does not require an entry or the answer is zero, enter "0".

Enter all amounts as positive numbers, unless instructed otherwise.

It may be necessary to complete the tax schedules before completing Form 1040.

When computing the tax liability, do not round your immediate calculations. If required round your final answers to the nearest dollar.

Use the 2016 Tax Rate Schedule provided. Do not use the Tax Tables.

Schedule D

Complete Beth's Schedule D for 2016.

SCHEDULE D (Form 1040) Department of the Treasury Internal Revenue Service (99) Capital Gains and Losses ? Attach to Form 1040 or Form 1040NR. ? Information about Schedule D and its separate instructions is at www.irs.gov/scheduled. ? Use Form 8949 to list your transactions for lines 1b, 2, 3, 8b, 9, and 10. OMB No. 1545-0074 2016 Attachment Sequence No. 12 Name(s) shown on return BETH R JORDAN Your social security number 123-45-6789 Part I Short-Term Capital Gains and Losses—Assets Held One Year or Less See instructions for how to figure the amounts to enter on the lines below. (d) Proceeds (sales price) (e) Cost (or other basis) (g) Adjustments to gain or loss from Form(s) 8949, Part I, line 2, column (g) (h) Gain or (loss) Subtract column (e) from column (d) and combine the result with column (g) This form may be easier to complete if you round off cents to whole dollars. 1a Totals for all short-term transactions reported on Form 1099-B for which basis was reported to the IRS and for which you have no adjustments (see instructions). However, if you choose to report all these transactions on Form 8949, leave this line blank and go to line 1b 1b Totals for all transactions reported on Form(s) 8949 with Box A checked . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 Totals for all transactions reported on Form(s) 8949 with Box B checked . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 Totals for all transactions reported on Form(s) 8949 with Box C checked . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 Short-term gain from Form 6252 and short-term gain or (loss) from Forms 4684, 6781, and 8824 . . . . . . . . . . 4 5 Net short-term gain or (loss) from partnerships, S corporations, estates, and trusts from Schedule(s) K-1 . . . . . . 5 6 Short-term capital loss carryover. Enter the amount, if any, from line 8 of your Capital Loss Carryover Worksheet in the instructions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 () 7 Net short-term capital gain or (loss). Combine lines 1a through 6 in column (h). If you have any long-term capital gains or losses, go to Part II below. Otherwise, go to Part III on page 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 Part II Long-Term Capital Gains and Losses—Assets Held More Than One Year See instructions for how to figure the amounts to enter on the lines below. (d) Proceeds (sales price) (e) Cost (or other basis) (g) Adjustments to gain or loss from Form(s) 8949, Part II, line 2, column (g) (h) Gain or (loss) Subtract column (e) from column (d) and combine the result with column (g) This form may be easier to complete if you round off cents to whole dollars. 8a Totals for all long-term transactions reported on Form 1099-B for which basis was reported to the IRS and for which you have no adjustments (see instructions). However, if you choose to report all these transactions on Form 8949, leave this line blank and go to line 8b 8b Totals for all transactions reported on Form(s) 8949 with Box D checked . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 Totals for all transactions reported on Form(s) 8949 with Box E checked . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 Totals for all transactions reported on Form(s) 8949 with Box F checked . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 Gain from Form 4797, Part I; long-term gain from Forms 2439 and 6252; and long-term gain or (loss) from Forms 4684, 6781, and 8824 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 12 Net long-term gain or (loss) from partnerships, S corporations, estates, and trusts from Schedule(s) K-1 . . . . . . 12 13 Capital gain distributions. See the instructions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13 14 Long-term capital loss carryover. Enter the amount, if any, from line 13 of your Capital Loss Carryover Worksheet in the instructions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14 () 15 Net long-term capital gain or (loss). Combine lines 8a through 14 in column (h). Then go to Part III on page 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15 KAI For Paperwork Reduction Act Notice, see your tax return instructions. Schedule D (Form 1040) 2016

Schedule D (Form 1040) 2016 BETH R JORDAN 123-45-6789 Page 2 Part III Summary 16 Combine lines 7 and 15 and enter the result . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16 If line 16 is a gain, enter the amount from line 16 on Form 1040, line 13, or Form 1040NR, line 14. Then go to line 17 below. If line 16 is a loss, skip lines 17 through 20 below. Then go to line 21. Also be sure to complete line 22. If line 16 is zero, skip lines 17 through 21 below and enter -0- on Form 1040, line 13, or Form 1040NR, line 14. Then go to line 22. 17 Are lines 15 and 16 both gains? ? Yes. Go to line 18. ? No. Skip lines 18 through 21, and go to line 22. 18 Enter the amount, if any, from line 7 of the 28% Rate Gain Worksheet in the instructions . . . . . . . . . ? 18 19 Enter the amount, if any, from line 18 of the Unrecaptured Section 1250 Gain Worksheet in the instructions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ? 19 20 Are lines 18 and 19 both zero or blank? ? Yes. Complete the Qualified Dividends and Capital Gain Tax Worksheet in the instructions for Form 1040, line 44 (or in the instructions for Form 1040NR, line 42). Don't complete lines 21 and 22 below. ? No. Complete the Schedule D Tax Worksheet in the instructions. Don't complete lines 21 and 22 below. 21 If line 16 is a loss, enter here and on Form 1040, line 13, or Form 1040NR, line 14, the smaller of: • The loss on line 16 or • ($3,000), or if married filing separately, ($1,500) } . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21 () Note. When figuring which amount is smaller, treat both amounts as positive numbers. 22 Do you have qualified dividends on Form 1040, line 9b, or Form 1040NR, line 10b? ? Yes. Complete the Qualified Dividends and Capital Gain Tax Worksheet in the instructions for Form 1040, line 44 (or in the instructions for Form 1040NR, line 42). ? No. Complete the rest of Form 1040 or Form 1040NR. KIA Schedule D (Form 1040) 2016

2016 Tax Rate Schedules

Use the 2016 Tax Rate Schedules to compute the tax. (Note: Because the tax rate schedules are used instead of the tax tables, the amount of tax computed may vary slightly from the amount listed in the tables.)

2016 Tax Rate Schedules
Single—Schedule X											Head of household—Schedule Z
If taxable income is: Over—		But not over—		The tax is:				of the amount over—			If taxable income is: Over—		But not over—		The tax is:				of the amount over—
$0		$9,275		. . . . . .		10%		$0			$0		$13,250		. . . . . .		10%		$0
9,275		37,650		$927.50	+	15%		9,275			13,250		50,400		$1,325.00	+	15%		13,250
37,650		91,150		5,183.75	+	25%		37,650			50,400		130,150		6,897.50	+	25%		50,400
91,150		190,150		18,558.75	+	28%		91,150			130,150		210,800		26,835.00	+	28%		130,150
190,150		413,350		46,278.75	+	33%		190,150			210,800		413,350		49,417.00	+	33%		210,800
413,350		415,050		119,934.75	+	35%		413,350			413,350		441,000		116,258.50	+	35%		413,350
415,050		. . . . . .		120,529.75	+	39.6%		415,050			441,000		. . . . . .		125,936.00	+	39.6%		441,000
Married filing jointly or Qualifying widow(er)—Schedule Y-1											Married filing separately—Schedule Y-2
If taxable income is: Over—		But not over—		The tax is:				of the amount over—			If taxable income is: Over—		But not over—		The tax is:				of the amount over—
$0		$18,550		. . . . . .		10%		$0			$0		$9,275		. . . . . .		10%		$0
18,550		75,300		$1,855.00	+	15%		18,550			9,275		37,650		$927.50	+	15%		9,275
75,300		151,900		10,367.50	+	25%		75,300			37,650		75,950		5,183.75	+	25%		37,650
151,900		231,450		29,517.50	+	28%		151,900			75,950		115,725		14,758.75	+	28%		75,950
231,450		413,350		51,791.50	+	33%		231,450			115,725		206,675		25,895.75	+	33%		115,725
413,350		466,950		111,818.50	+	35%		413,350			206,675		233,475		55,909.25	+	35%		206,675
466,950		. . . . . .		130,578.50	+	39.6%		466,950			233,475		. . . . . .		65,289.25	+	39.6%		233,475

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