In: Accounting
1) Eman, who is 68 years old and married, retired on July 1, 2019. Her current year income is shown below.
Salary (prior to retirement) $ 15,000
Pension payments {all taxable) 14,000
Dividends 2,000
Tax-exempt bond interest 3,000
Social security benefits 5,000
Assume Eman has no deductions for adjusted gross income. The amount of social security benefits that Eman and her husband must include in taxable income on a joint return for 2019:
A. |
$4,250. |
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B. |
$5,000. |
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C. |
some other amount. |
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D. |
$2,2250. |
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E. |
$2,500. |
2)
Naser and Suzan, who are married and file a joint return, have AGI for the current year (2019) of $42,000. In addition,they received tax-exempt interest income of $6,000 and Social Security benefits of $15,000. The Social Security benefitsto be excluded from Naser and Suzan’s taxable income for 2019 is:
A. |
some other amount. |
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B. |
$2,250. |
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C. |
$7,500. |
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D. |
$12,750.. |
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E. |
$15,000. |