Julie Anderson is a single parent and lives with her dependent daughter Alice who is 17-years old. Julie is a project manager and her W-2 wage is $75,200. Julie's father passed away on April 14. She inherited cash of $50,000 from her father and his baseball card collection, valued at $2,000. Every year she also receives interest income from a trust fund, which does not invest in municipal bonds or other tax-exempt securities. She took the standard deduction on her 2018 federal tax return. Her 2019 filing status is head of household. She also has the following items for 2019: Interest income from the trust fund……. $2,000
Ordinary dividend income$500
(All the dividends are qualified for the 15% tax rate)
She also bought 50 shares Apple Inc. stock (AAPL) when the price was $100 per share. AAPL's market closing price for December 2019 is $250 per share.
During the year she went to Vegas and won $ 1,300 in a poker game. However, she lost $2,000 at other casinos. She also provided the following information:
Illinois state income tax refund………….. $ 250
Federal income tax refund……………… $2,400
Child support from her ex-husband…….. $6,000
Alimony payment from her ex-husband. Their divorce was finalized on August 15, 2019…..$12,000
During the year she received $4,000 insurance payout from AFLAC due to a temporary disability. She bought the insurance policy herself.
In addition, she also provided the following information:
State income tax withheld from her paycheck…………………. .$3,200
Federal income tax withheld from her paycheck………………. $9,000
Social security tax paid as an employee $5,640
Home mortgage loan interest………………… $5,500
Real estate tax on her house………………… $4,000
Personal-use car loan interest……………….. $2,000
She also paid $2,000 of qualified student loan interest.
Ms. Anderson had a medical procedure and incurred qualified medical costs of $30,000. Her health insurance policy pays 80% of the medical cost and Julie paid the remaining 20% out of her own pocket.
Her car was completely damaged in hurricane Hana, a federally declared natural disaster. Before the disaster the car has a fair market value of $12,000. She bought the car for $25,000 when it was new..