Diana and Ryan Workman were married on January 1 of last year. Ryan has an eight-year-old
son, Jorge, from his previous marriage. Diana works as a computer programmer at Datafile
Incorporated (DI) earning a salary of $96,000. Ryan is self-employed and runs a day care center.
The Workmans reported the following financial information pertaining to their activities during the
current year.
Diana earned a $96,000 salary for the year.
Diana borrowed $12,000 from DI to purchase a car. DI charged her 2 percent interest ($240) on
the loan, which Diana paid on December 31. DI would have charged Diana $720 if interest had
been calculated at the applicable federal interest rate. Assume that tax avoidance was not a
motive for the loan.
Ryan received $2,000 in alimony and $4,500 in child support payments from his former spouse.
They divorced in 2016.
Ryan won a $900 cash prize at his church-sponsored Bingo game.
The Workmans received $500 of interest from corporate bonds and $250 of interest from a
municipal bond. Ryan owned these bonds before he married Diana.
The couple bought 50 shares of ABC Incorporated stock for $40 per share on July 2. The stock
was worth $47 a share on December 31. The stock paid a dividend of $1.00 per share on
December 1.
Ryan's father passed away on April 14. He inherited cash of $50,000 from his father and his
baseball card collection, valued at $2,000. As the beneficiary of his father's life insurance policy,
Ryan also received $150,000.
The couple spent a weekend in Atlantic City in November and came home with gross gambling
winnings of $1,200.
Diana received $400 cash for reaching 10 years of continuous service at DI.
Diana was hit and injured by a drunk driver while crossing a street at a crosswalk. she was unable
to work for a month. She received $6,000 from her disability insurance. DI paid the premiums for
Diana, but it reported the amount of the premiums as compensation to Diana on her year-end W-
2.
The drunk driver who hit Diana in part (j) was required to pay her $2,000 medical costs, $1,500 for
the emotional trauma she suffered from the accident, and $5,000 for punitive damages.
For meeting her performance goals this year, Diana was informed on December 27 that she would
receive a $5,000 year-end bonus. DI (located in Houston, Texas) mailed Diana's bonus check
from its payroll processing center (Tampa, Florida) on December 28. Diana didn't receive the
check at home until January 2.
Ryan is a 10 percent owner of MNO Incorporated, a Subchapter S corporation. The company
reported ordinary business income for the year of $92,000. Ryan acquired the MNO stock two
years ago.
Ryan's day care business collected $35,000 in revenues. In addition, customers owed him $3,000
at year-end. During the year, Ryan spent $5,500 for supplies, $1,500 for utilities, $15,000 for rent,
and $500 for miscellaneous expenses. One customer gave him use of their vacation home for a
week (worth $2,500) in exchange for Ryan allowing their child to.
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1. Diana and Ryan Workman were married on January 1 of last year. Ryan has an eight-year-old
son, Jorge, from his previous marriage. Diana works as a computer programmer at Datafile
Incorporated (DI) earning a salary of $96,000. Ryan is self-employed and runs a day care center.
The Workmans reported the following financial information pertaining to their activities during the
current year.
Diana earned a $96,000 salary for the year.
Diana borrowed $12,000 from DI to purchase a car. DI charged her 2 percent interest ($240) on
the loan, which Diana paid on December 31. DI would have charged Diana $720 if interest had
been calculated at the applicable federal interest rate. Assume that tax avoidance was not a
motive for the loan.
Ryan received $2,000 in alimony and $4,500 in child support payments from his former spouse.
They divorced in 2016.
Ryan won a $900 cash prize at his church-sponsored Bingo game.
The Workmans received $500 of interest from corporate bonds and $250 of interest from a
municipal bond. Ryan owned these bonds before he married Diana.
The couple bought 50 shares of ABC Incorporated stock for $40 per share on July 2. The stock
was worth $47 a share on December 31. The stock paid a dividend of $1.00 per share on
December 1.
Ryan's father passed away on April 14. He inherited cash of $50,000 from his father and his
baseball card collection, valued at $2,000. As the beneficiary of his father's life insurance policy,
Ryan also received $150,000.
The couple spent a weekend in Atlantic City in November and came home with gross gambling
winnings of $1,200.
Diana received $400 cash for reaching 10 years of continuous service at DI.
Diana was hit and injured by a drunk driver while crossing a street at a crosswalk. she was unable
to work for a month. She received $6,000 from her disability insurance. DI paid the premiums for
Diana, but it reported the amount of the premiums as compensation to Diana on her year-end W-
2.
The drunk driver who hit Diana in part (j) was required to pay her $2,000 medical costs, $1,500 for
the emotional trauma she suffered from the accident, and $5,000 for punitive damages.
For meeting her performance goals this year, Diana was informed on December 27 that she would
receive a $5,000 year-end bonus. DI (located in Houston, Texas) mailed Diana's bonus check
from its payroll processing center (Tampa, Florida) on December 28. Diana didn't receive the
check at home until January 2.
Ryan is a 10 percent owner of MNO Incorporated, a Subchapter S corporation. The company
reported ordinary business income for the year of $92,000. Ryan acquired the MNO stock two
years ago.
Ryan's day care business collected $35,000 in revenues. In addition, customers owed him $3,000
at year-end. During the year, Ryan spent $5,500 for supplies, $1,500 for utilities, $15,000 for rent,
and $500 for miscellaneous expenses. One customer gave him use of their vacation home for a
week (worth $2,500) in exchange for Ryan allowing their child to attend the day care center free of
charge. Ryan accounts for his business activities using the cash method of accounting.
2. Diana's employer pays the couple's annual health insurance premiums of $5,500 for a qualified
plan.
1. Assuming the Workmans file a joint tax return, determine their gross income minus expenses on
the day care business (this is called total income on the Form 1040).
3. Assuming the Workmans live in California, a community property state, and that Diana and
Ryan file separately, what is Diana's gross income minus expenses on the day care business?
