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Item
1. Gross wages of $52,000
Included $
$52,000
Excluded $
$0
$650
$50,000
(10,000)
7. Schedule C revenues of $50,000, COGS of $10,000, (1,000)
Office Supplies of $1,000, Business Meals of $4,000,
(2,000) 50% Meals
FICA taxes of $2,600, and Salary to the Sole Proprietor $37,000
of $25,000
Net amount reported as a single line item
for business income
8. $25,000 of life insurance benefits from the death of a
relative
$0
[Note, however, that earnings on the
$25,000 are taxable]
$0
9. Distribution of $6,000 from a Roth IRA (total invested
[Original contributions to a Roth IRA
in the Roth was $8,000)
can also be withdrawn without penalty]
10. Distribution of $2,500 from a traditional IRA (no
known exception exists)
$2,500
[Note that a 10% penalty will also be
assessed on the tax return]
$25,000
[Proceeds paid to a beneficiary are excluded
from gross income]
$6,000
[Roth IRA contributions are post-tax, but
earnings also grow tax-free]
$0
[Note that the exception is only for the penalty.
The distribution is taxable.]
See left.
$15,000
[fully taxable]
$0
[Do not confuse with worker's compensation!]
$0: The receipt of inherited assets is not The entire amount is exclude from gross
15. Stock inherited from an aunt (aunt's basis was $3,000
included in the gross income of the
income, but the estate may pay estate tax on
and the FMV at death was $4,500)
recipient
$4,500.
$12,000 is included in gross income.
$8,000 is excluded from gross income. The
16. College scholarship of $20,000 ($8,000 for tuition,
Amounts received for anything other than scholarship is made to a degree-seeking
fees, and books, and $12,000 for room and board) for a
tuition, fees, books, and supplies are not student, so exclude amounts received for
degree-seeking student
excluded
tuition, fees, and books.
$50
17. Free iPod Shuffle for opening a checking account at a
[taxable as interest income at the FMV
local bank (FMV of iPod Shuffle is $50)
of the prize received]
$0
$20,000
[Worker's compensation benefits are excluded
from tax]
$0
$0
$6,000
20. $6,000 employer matching contribution to employee's
[The employer gets a deduction, but the [This amount is taxable to the employee when it
401(k) plan
employee excludes the $]
is distributed]