Chapter 5- Taxation of Individuals

Business

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Gross income does not include
Borrowed funds, return of capital, unrealized gains
FOR AGI
Ordinary and necessary business exp, one half SE tax paid, alimiony pd, moving exp, capital loss, interest on student loans, others
FROM AGI
Greater of SD or itemized
SD based on
Taxpayer's filing status
Head of household cannot be
Married
What taxpayers cannot use SD
Married filing separately (if one itemizes the other must too), aliens, individual filing return for tax year of less than 12 months because of change in acct pd
Individual claimed as a dependent has a limited SD
$950 or $300 + earned income
**not greater than $5800
Earned income
Wages, salary, SE
FROM AGI itemized
Medicaltaxesinterestcharitypersonal casualtiesmisc
$ of personal and dependency exemption
$3700
Qualifying child tests
Relationshipadobeagesupport
Benefits of qualifying child
Dependency expemptionhead of household filing statchild, earned income, child and dependent care exp tax cr
Relationship test
1.child must be son, step, half brother, descendent of individual (grand, niece)2. a child who is adopted3.foster (must live with you for the whole year)
Adobe test
Child must live with he taxpayer for more than half the year
Age tests
Child must be under 19 or 24 if 5 months or more as full time student