Federal Income Tax

SWFT Comprehensive Volume 2019
42nd Edition
ISBN:9780357233306
Author:Maloney
Publisher:Maloney
Chapter3: Computing The Tax
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Suppose that my filing status on the Federal Income Tax Form 1040 is married filing jointly and that my spouse and I find that our set of itemized deductions is less than our standard deduction. Then to seek the lowest tax liability, my spouse and I should

  a.

use the standard deduction.

  b.

itemize deductions.

  c.

add our standard deduction to our income.

  d.

add our itemized deductions to our income.

  e.

have lots of arguments doing our taxes together.

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