Tony and Catherine Novshek are a married couple ages 50 and 45 respectively with
ID: 2801094 • Letter: T
Question
Tony and Catherine Novshek are a married couple ages 50 and 45 respectively with one 14 year old daughter. Tony manages a pest control branch office where his salary last year was $58,000. In addition, he runs a small financial planning practice part time. His financial planning earning after all expenses is $16,000.
Catherine works part time as a bookkeeper and her earnings last year were $9,000.
The only other income they have is the $2,000 dividends from some stock they own, a $10,000 gift from Catherine’s father and a $20,000 lump sum life insurance proceeds from a policy, Tony carried on his father who died during the year.
Tony paid his former wife, $12,000 of alimony last year as well as $6,000 of child support payments. In addition, he deposited $1,000 in an IRA.
During the year they incurred the following other costs:
Medical expenses $9,000
Charitable contributions 1,500
State income tax 1,200
State sales tax 1,800
Home mortgage interest 2,100
Uninsured loss in value of damage
Due to lighting 1,800
Tony and Catherine asked you to review the data they are using on their 2016 tax return.
Their daughter earned $4,000 during the summer as a life guard. How much will be subject to the Kiddie tax?
$4000
$600
$2100
$1800
-0-
$4000
$600
$2100
$1800
-0-
Explanation / Answer
Kiddie tax is applied on teenagers and children mainley below 19 years of age.
Chldren can earn in two ways--by doing part time or small jobs i.e erned income
or by earning dividend income or interst on money deposited in their name.tis called unearned income.
As this daughtrr is earning this money by a part time job so this comes under earned income.
and teenager are not subject to tax if their erned income is less than $6300.
so kiddie tax will be 0.
OPTION 5 IS ANSWER