. Mary is age 33 and a single taxpayer with adjusted gross income for 2018 of $29,400. Mary maintains a home for three dependent children and has itemized deductions of $3,000. Calculate the following amounts for Mary's 2018 income tax return:   a. Mary's standard or itemized deduction amount b. Mary's taxable income 2. Steven, age 35 and single, is a commodities broker. His salary for 2018 is $111,500 and he has taxable interest income of $40,000. He has no deductions for adjusted gross income. His itemized deductions are $31,000. Steven does not have any dependents. ​ a. What is the amount of his adjusted gross income? b. What are his allowable itemized deductions? c. What is his deduction for personal exemptions? d. What is his taxable income? e. What is his regular tax liability from the tax rate schedules?

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1. Mary is age 33 and a single taxpayer with adjusted gross income for 2018 of $29,400. Mary maintains a home for three dependent children and has itemized deductions of $3,000. Calculate the following amounts for Mary's 2018 income tax return:

 

a.

Mary's standard or itemized deduction amount

b.

Mary's taxable income

2. Steven, age 35 and single, is a commodities broker. His salary for 2018 is $111,500 and he has taxable interest income of $40,000. He has no deductions for adjusted gross income. His itemized deductions are $31,000. Steven does not have any dependents.

a.

What is the amount of his adjusted gross income?

b.

What are his allowable itemized deductions?

c.

What is his deduction for personal exemptions?

d.

What is his taxable income?

e.

What is his regular tax liability from the tax rate schedules?

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