Individual Income Taxes
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ISBN: 9780357109731
Author: Hoffman
Publisher: CENGAGE LEARNING - CONSIGNMENT
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Chapter 12, Problem 48P
Jane and Robert Brown are married and have eight children, all of whom are eligible to be claimed as the couple’s dependents. Robert earns $196,000 working as senior manager in a public accounting firm, and Jane earns $78,000 as a second-grade teacher. Given their large family, they live in a frugal manner. The Browns maintain a large garden and some fruit trees from which they get most of their produce, and the children take family and consumer science classes so that they can help make the family’s clothing.
The Browns record no gross income other than their salaries (all of their investment income is earned from qualified retirement savings), and their itemized deductions are less than the standard deduction. In addition, they incur no additional adjustments or preferences for AMT purposes.
- a. What is the couple’s 2019 regular tax liability?
- b. What is the couple’s 2019 AMT?
- c. Express the calculation of the couple’s AMT for 2019 as a Microsoft Excel formula. Place any parameter that could change annually in a separate cell, and incorporate the cell references into the formula.
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