Question

Diana and Ryan Workman were married on January 1 of last year. Diana has an eight-year-old son, Jorge, from her previous marriage. Ryan works as a computer programmer at Datafile Inc. Diana is a full-time student and is not employed. The Workmans reported the following financial information pertaining to their activities during the current year.

a. Ryan earned a $96,000 salary for the year.

b. Diana received a scholarship of $10,000. She used $8,000 to cover tuition costs and the remaining $2,000 went towards living expenses.

c. Diana won a $1,000 cash prize at her church-sponsored Bingo game.

d. The Workmans received $500 of interest from corporate bonds and $250 of interest from a municipal bond.

e. The couple bought 50 shares of ABC Inc. stock for $40 per share on July 2. The stock was worth $47 a share on December 31.

f. Diana’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. As the beneficiary of her father’s life insurance policy, Diana also received $150,000.

Assuming the Workman's file a joint return, what is there gross income for the current year?

Answer 1

Workmans Gross Income computed as follows

Description	Amount	Explaination
Salary	$96,000
Scholarship	$2000	2000 used towards living expenses does not qualify for exclusion.8000 used for tution may be excluded
Cash Prize	$1000	Incuded in Gross income even if received from charitable organisation
Interest	$500	500 from corporate bonds included in gross income and 250 inerest from municipal bonds is excluded from gross income.
Share Appreciation	-	Stock appreciation is not realised so it is not included in gross income
Inheritance	-	Inheritance and life insurance proceeds excluded from gross income
Total Gross Income	$99,500