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Alice J. and Bruce M. Jones (cash basis taxpayers) are married. Alice’s birthday is September 21, 1961 (ssn: XXXXXXXXXX), and Bruce’s is June 27, 1960 (ssn: XXXXXXXXXXAlice is the office manager for...

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Alice J. and Bruce M. Jones (cash basis taxpayers) are married. Alice’s birthday is September 21, 1961 (ssn: XXXXXXXXXX), and Bruce’s is June 27, 1960 (ssn: XXXXXXXXXXAlice is the office manager for NY Dental Clinic. Bruce is the manager of a Superfast Burgers, a fast food outlet owned and operated by Burgers First Corporation.

The Jones has two children, Cynthia (born January 25, 1992, Social Security number XXXXXXXXXXand John (born February 7, 1994, Social Security number XXXXXXXXXX), both of whom live with them. Both children are full-time college students and live with their parents except when they are on summer vacation when they live with Alice’s sister in France. To assist in paying tuition, Cynthia earned $9,000 from babysitting in 2013, and John earned $7,500 from a part-time job. They each used their entire earnings to pay for their college tuition. The Jones’ also have legal custody of Madison James (born April 14, 2007; ssn: XXXXXXXXXXwho lived with them since birth. The Jones filed a petition for legal adoption of Madison, but the case has yet to be finalized.

The Jones provide more than half the support for Elizabeth Jones (ssn: XXXXXXXXXX), Bruce’s 76-year-old mother, and William Thomas (ssn: XXXXXXXXXX), Alice’s 15- year-old cousin. During 2013, William and Elizabeth lived together in Brooklyn NY.

Other relevant information:

  • Bruce has decided that he wants to minimize his tax liability as much as legally possible and has requested your assistance in preparing his 2013 Federal income tax return.

  • Bruce and Alice earned and received $4,250 interest income from a savings account at Chase Bank in 2013.

  • Alice earned interest of $2,000.00 from United States Treasury bonds, and $2,000.00 from NYS HWY Bonds in 2013. Only $1,000 of the NYS HWY Bond interest was paid in 2013; the balance was paid on January 01, 2014.

  • On June 15, 2013 Bruce received a stock dividend from Citibank. The FMV on the date the stock was received was $2, XXXXXXXXXXThe stock was purchased on March 10, 2013. The record date was May 25, 2013. Bruce had the option of choosing cash or stock.

    • In 2013, Bruce paid $28,000.00 in alimony to his ex-wife, which will decrease to $16,000 on July 01, 2014, when his son Bruce, Jr. turns 18. Bruce, Jr. is a full time student and is claimed as a dependent on his mother’s tax return.

    • On December 31, 2013, Alice received a check for $20,000 from Ace Marketing for consulting services performed during the year. The check was dated December 31, 2013, but the company asked Alice to hold the check until January 05, 2014. Although Ace Marketing had a zero dollar balance in its’ checking account on December 31, 2013, the company had a line of credit with the bank, which ensured that all checks written by Ace would be honored up to the company’s credit limited of $35,000. As of December 31, 2013, the available balance on the credit line was $21,500.00.

    • On April 24, 2013, Alice found a gold watch, which she reported to the police. The Police held the watch for sixty days to see if someone would claim it, but no one came forth. On June 25, 2013, the police returned the watch to Alice to keep. The Watch was valued at 15,000 on June 25, 2013. Alice sold the watch on December 15, 2013 for $18,250.00.

    • On December 31, 2013, Bruce received a check in the amount of $25,000.00 from Mutual of America for life insurance benefits from his brother who recently died and had named Bruce as the sole beneficiary. The check was dated December 30, 2013, but Bruce did not deposit it until January 04, 2014.

    • The Jones had been in negotiations with Bank of America to reduce the excessive amount of credit card debt they had accumulated over the past several years. Finally, on December 31, 2013, Bank of America forgave $12,500 of credit card debt.

    • Bruce and Alice 2013 W-2 statement shows the following wages and withholdings:

    1) Wages 2) FWT 3) SWT 4) CWT

    Bruce

    $40,000 5,500 4,500 3,000

    Alice

    $48,000 5,000 4,200 2,900

    •The Jones also paid the following personal expenses in 2013:

    1. Contributions to Church

    2. Student loan Interest

    $6,000 5,000

    Instructions: Make realistic assumptions about any missing or inconsistent data and state your assumptions on a separate typed schedule.

    Required:

    i.Prepare form 1040 for Bruce and Alice only, including all schedules and forms for XXXXXXXXXXDo not prepare NYS or NYC tax returns).

Answered Same Day Dec 25, 2021

Solution

David answered on Dec 25 2021
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2013 Form 1040
Certain Cash Contributions for Typhoon Haiyan Relief Efforts
in the Philippines Can Be Deducted on Your 2013 Tax Return
A new law allows you to choose to deduct certain charitable contributions
of money on your 2013 tax return instead of your 2014 return. The
contributions must have been made after March 25, 2014, and before April
15, 2014, for the relief of victims in the Republic of the Philippines affected
y the November 8, 2013, typhoon. Contributions of money include
contributions made by cash, check, money order, credit card, charge card,
debit card, or via cell phone.

The new law was enacted after the 2013 forms, instructions, and
publications had already been printed. When preparing your 2013 tax
eturn, you may complete the forms as if these contributions were made on
December 31, 2013, instead of in 2014. To deduct your charitable
contributions, you must itemize deductions on Schedule A (Form 1040) or
Schedule A (Form 1040NR).

The contribution must be made to a qualified organization and meet all
other requirements for charitable contribution deductions. However, if you
made the contribution by phone or text message, a telephone bill showing
the name of the donee organization, the date of the contribution, and the
amount of the contribution will satisfy the recordkeeping requirement.
Therefore, for example, if you made a $10 charitable contribution by text
message that was charged to your telephone or wireless account, a bill
from your telecommunications company containing this information
satisfies the recordkeeping requirement.
Fo
m 1040 Department of the Treasury—Internal Revenue Service OMB No. 1545-0074(99) IRS Use Only—Do not write or staple in this space. U.S. Individual Income Tax Return 2013
For the year Jan. 1–Dec. 31, 2013, or other tax year beginning , 2013, ending , 20 See separate instructions.
Your first name and initial Last name Your social security number
If a joint return, spouse’s first name and initial Last name Spouse’s social security number
▲ Make sure the SSN(s) above
and on line 6c are co
ect.
Home address (number and street). If you have a P.O. box, see instructions. Apt. no.
City, town or post office, state, and ZIP code. If you have a foreign address, also complete spaces below (see instructions).
Foreign country name Foreign province/state/county Foreign postal code
Presidential Election Campaign
Check here if you, or your spouse if filing
jointly, want $3 to go to this fund. Checking
a box below will not change your tax or
efund. You Spouse
Filing Status
Check only one
ox.
1 Single
2 Ma
ied filing jointly (even if only one had income)
3 Ma
ied filing separately. Enter spouse’s SSN above
and full name here. ▶
4 Head of household (with qualifying person). (See instructions.) If
the qualifying person is a child but not your dependent, enter this
child’s name here. ▶
5 Qualifying widow(er) with dependent child
Exemptions 6a Yourself. If someone can claim you as a dependent, do not check box 6a . . . . .
Spouse . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . }
c Dependents:
(1) First name Last name
(2) Dependent’s
social security number
(3) Dependent’s
elationship to you
(4) ✓ if child under age 17
qualifying for child tax credit
(see instructions)
If more than four
dependents, see
instructions and
check here ▶
d Total number of exemptions claimed . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Boxes checked
on 6a and 6
No. of children
on 6c who:
• lived with you
• did not live with
you due to divorce
or separation
(see instructions)
Dependents on 6c
not entered above
Add numbers on
lines above ▶
Income
Attach Form(s)
W-2 here. Also
attach Forms
W-2G and
1099-R if tax
was withheld.
If you did not
get a W-2,
see instructions.
7 Wages, salaries, tips, etc. Attach Form(s) W-2 . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
8a Taxable interest. Attach Schedule B if required . . . . . . . . . . . . 8a
Tax-exempt interest. Do not include on line 8a . . . 8b
9 a Ordinary dividends. Attach Schedule B if required . . . . . . . . . . . 9a
Qualified dividends . . . . . . . . . . . 9b
10 Taxable refunds, credits, or offsets of state and local income taxes . . . . . . 10
11 Alimony received . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
12 Business income or (loss). Attach Schedule C or C-EZ . . . . . . . . . . 12
13 Capital gain or (loss). Attach Schedule D if required. If not required, check here ▶ 13
14 Other gains or (losses). Attach Form 4797 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
15 a IRA distributions . 15a b Taxable amount . . . 15b
16 a Pensions and annuities 16a b Taxable amount . . . 16b
17 Rental real estate, royalties, partnerships, S corporations, trusts, etc. Attach Schedule E 17
18 Farm income or (loss). Attach Schedule F . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
19 Unemployment compensation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
20 a Social security benefits 20a b Taxable amount . . . 20b
21 Other income. List type and amount 21
22 Combine the amounts in the far right column for lines 7 through 21. This is your total income ▶ 22
Adjusted
Gross
Income
23 Educator expenses . . . . . . . . . . 23
24 Certain business expenses of reservists, performing artists, and
fee-basis government officials. Attach Form 2106 or 2106-EZ 24
25 Health savings account deduction. Attach Form 8889 . 25
26 Moving expenses. Attach Form 3903 . . . . . . 26
27 Deductible part of self-employment tax. Attach Schedule SE . 27
28 Self-employed SEP, SIMPLE, and qualified plans . . 28
29 Self-employed health insurance deduction . . . . 29
30 Penalty on early withdrawal of savings . . . . . . 30
31 a Alimony paid b Recipient’s SSN ▶ 31a
32 IRA deduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
33 Student loan interest deduction . . . . . . . . 33
34 Tuition and fees. Attach Form 8917 . . . . . . . 34
35 Domestic production activities deduction. Attach Form 8903 35
36 Add lines 23 through 35 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
37 Subtract line 36 from line 22. This is your adjusted gross income . . . . . ▶ 37
For Disclosure, Privacy Act, and Paperwork Reduction Act Notice, see separate instructions. Cat. No. 11320B Form 1040 (2013)
Form 1040 (2013) Page 2
Tax and
Credits
38 Amount from line 37 (adjusted gross income) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
39a Check
if:
{ You were born before January 2, 1949, Blind.
Spouse was born before January 2, 1949, Blind.
} Total boxes
checked ▶ 39a
If your spouse itemizes on a separate return or you were a dual-status alien, check here ▶ 39b Standard
Deduction
for—
• People who
check any
ox on line
39a or 39b or
who can be
claimed as a
dependent,
see
instructions.
• All others:
Single or
Ma
ied filing
separately,
$6,100
Ma
ied filing
jointly or
Qualifying
widow(er),
$12,200
Head of
household,
$8,950
40 Itemized deductions (from Schedule A) or your standard deduction (see left margin) . . 40
41 Subtract line 40 from line 38 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
42 Exemptions. If line 38 is $150,000 or less, multiply $3,900 by the number on line 6d. Otherwise, see instructions 42
43 Taxable income. Subtract line 42 from line 41. If line 42 is more than line 41, enter -0- . . 43
44 Tax (see...
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