Ordinary Income: Determine the taxpayer’s tax liability for 2020 for each of the scenarios:
a. Sally is a single taxpayer and her taxable income is $625,000. All of her income is salary from her employer (i.e., it is all ordinary income).
b. Henrich is married to Sally and their taxable income is $625,000. All of their income is salary from Sally’s employer.
c. Assume that Henrich and Sally are in committed relationship, but not married at the end of 2020. They each have $312,500 of taxable income for the year, which is salary from their respective employers.
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a.) | Taxable Income | $ 625,000 | |
Filing Status | Single | ||
Tax liability | $195,677 | =156235+((625000-518400)*37%) | |
b.) | Taxable Income | $ 625,000 | |
Filing Status | Married filing Jointly | ||
Tax liability | $ 168,399 | =167307.5+((625000-622050)*37%) | |
c.) | Henrich | ||
Taxable Income | $ 312,500 | ||
Filing Status | Single | ||
Tax liability | $ 84,170 | =47367.5+((312500-207350)*35%) | |
Sally | |||
Taxable Income | $ 312,500 | ||
Filing Status | Single | ||
Tax liability | $ 84,170 | =47367.5+((312500-207350)*35%) | |
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