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Mary Jarvis is a single individual who is working on filing her tax return for the...
Mary Jarvis is a single individual who is working on filing her tax return for the previous year. She has assembled the following relevant information:
-She received $101,000 in salary.
-She received $18,000 of dividend income.
-She received $6,100 of interest income on Home Depot bonds.
-She received $22,500 from the sale of Disney stock that was purchased 2 years prior to the sale at a cost of $9,000.
-She received $10,500 from the sale of Google stock that was purchased 6 months prior to the sale at a cost of $5,500.
-Mary only has allowable itemized deductions of $5,500, so she will take the standard deduction of $12,000 will be deducted from her gross income to determine her taxable income.
Assume that her tax rates are based on Table 3.5.
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What is Mary's federal tax liability? Enter your answer as a positive value. Do not round intermediate calculations. Round your answer to the nearest cent.
$
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What is her marginal tax rate? Do not round intermediate calculations. Round your answer to one decimal place.
%
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What is her average tax rate? Do not round intermediate calculations. Round your answer to two decimal places.
%
Answers
Computation of total taxable income of Mary Jarvis S.no Particulars Amount $ Amount $ A Salary Income 101000 B Dividend Income 18000 C Interest income on Home depot bonds 6100 D Capital Gains from sale of disney Stock Sale value less Cost = (22,500-9,000) 13500 E Capital Gains from sale of google Stock Sale value less Cost = (10,500-5,500) 5000 F Gross total income(A+B+C+D+E) 143600 G Less: standard Deduction -12000 H Net taxable income( F-G) 131600 Since mary is single individual and her taxable income is $131600 she falls under 4Th bracket where she has to pay $14,089.50 on base of bracket($82,500) and 24% on excess over base which amounts to $11,784 ( 131600- base of 82500)* 24%
A) Mary's federal Tax laibility would be $25873.5.
B) Marginal tax rate would be 24%
C) Average Tax rate would be 19.66 % ( $25873.5/ 131600= 19.66%)