CPA Regulation (REG) › Individual Tax Issues
The credit for prior year AMT liability may be carried:
A 22-year-old full-time student earned $11,000 in salary and received $9,000 in interest from corporate bonds. The bonds were a gift from the student's grandparents. The student's parents pay more than half of the student's support, including $25,000 in tuition. Which of the following statements is correct regarding the student's current-year income tax?
June earned $400,000 in his business during the current year, and her husband Steve received investment income of $20,000. June provides more than half of the support for her 50-year-old widowed brother, who lives with June and earned $44,000 in salary. June also provides full support for her children, an 18-year-old daughter and a 20-year-old son, who is a full-time college student. The family employs a live-in housekeeper and a live-in butler to assist them with their residence. Both the housekeeper and butler provided all of their own support. How many people qualify as either a qualifying child or qualifying relative for June?
In which of the following scenarios would the head of household filing status be available to the taxpayer?
Under a divorce settlement, Joan transferred her 50% ownership of their personal residence to Jim. The joint basis of the residence was $200,000. At the time of the transfer, the property’s fair market value was $300,000. What was Joan’s recognized gain and Jim’s basis for the residence?
The credit for prior year AMT liability may be carried:
June earned $400,000 in his business during the current year, and her husband Steve received investment income of $20,000. June provides more than half of the support for her 50-year-old widowed brother, who lives with June and earned $44,000 in salary. June also provides full support for her children, an 18-year-old daughter and a 20-year-old son, who is a full-time college student. The family employs a live-in housekeeper and a live-in butler to assist them with their residence. Both the housekeeper and butler provided all of their own support. How many people qualify as either a qualifying child or qualifying relative for June?
In which of the following scenarios would the head of household filing status be available to the taxpayer?
Parker was employed for part of the year. Parker received $35,000 of wages, $6,400 from a state unemployment compensation plan, and $2,000 from her former employer’s company paid supplemental unemployment benefit plan. What is the amount of Parker’s gross income?
The credit for prior year AMT liability may be carried: