Question

Jeremy and Alyssa Johnson have been married for five years and do not have any children. Jeremy was married previously and has one child from the prior marriage. He is self-employed and operates his own computer repair store. For the first two months of the year, Alyssa worked for Office Depot as an employee. In March, Alyssa accepted a new job with Super Toys Inc. (ST), where she worked for the remainder of the year. This year, the Johnsons received $255,000 of gross income. Expenses associated with Jeremy’s store include $40,000 in salary (and employment taxes) to employees, $45,000 of supplies, and $18,000 in rent and other administrative expenses. As a salesperson, Alyssa incurred $2,000 in travel expenses related to her employment that were not reimbursed by her employer. The Johnsons own a piece of raw land held as an investment. They paid $500 of real property taxes on the property and they incurred $200 of expenses in travel costs to see the property and to evaluate other similar potential investment properties. The Johnsons own a rental home. They incurred $8,500 of expenses associated with the property. Jeremy paid $4,500 for health insurance coverage for himself (not through an exchange). Alyssa was covered by health plans provided by her employer, but Jeremy is not eligible for the plan until next year. Jeremy paid $2,500 in self-employment taxes ($1,250 represents the employer portion of the self-employment taxes). Jeremy paid $5,000 in alimony and $3,000 in child support from his prior marriage (divorce decree executed in 2010). The Johnsons donated $2,000 to their favorite charity. Determine the Johnson's AGI given the above information.

Answer 1

Answer:-

Calculation of Johnson's AGI -

Sr. No.	Description	Amount		Explanation
1	Gross Income		$2,55,000
(a)	Business Expenses- Ordinary and necessary	1,03,000		Related to Jeremy's Business
(b)	Rental Expenses	8,500		Rental expenses are deductible for AGI even though they are investment or production of income expenses technically
( c)	Self Employed health insurance	4,500		Jeremy may deduct all the cost of his health insurance
(d)	Self employment taxes	1,250		1/2 of self employed taxes allowed for AGI
(e)	Alimony	5,000		Alimony allowed (Child support not allowed)
(f)	Charitable contribution	2,000		donation of charity done from his income
2	Total for AGI Deduction		1,24,250
	(1) - (2) is AGI		1,30,750

Note:-

(i) Unreimbursed employees business expenses are deductible from AGI not for AGI

(ii) Taxes and Investment expenses are decutible from AGi not for AGI