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aimtobeacpa Major Contributor
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Posted: 04 May 2011 at 13:04 | IP Logged
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in AMT form,part II,i am not able to understand calculation for line 32 i.e 15971...can someone help plz..
from wiley software
James Gellert, a self-employed carpenter (social security number 353-21-3251), is married and itemized deductions when filing a joint income tax return for 2009 with his wife Nancy. Compute the Gellerts’ alternative minimum tax for 2009 by completing Form 6251 Alternative Minimum Tax—Individuals. Adjusted gross income (Form 1040 line 38) | $135,000 | Taxable income before personal exemptions (Form 1040 line 41) | 87,500 | Personal exemptions (2 x $3,650) | 7,300 | Regular tax liability (Form 1040 line 44) | 12,744 | Interest income from State of Ohio general obligation bonds | 4,000 | Interest income from specified private activity bonds purchased in 2008 | 15,000 | Depreciation on 5-year MACRS property using the 200% declining balance method (depreciation would have been $18,000 using the 150% declining balance method, and would have been $12,000 if the straight-line method had been used) | 24,000 | Itemized deductions: |
| Medical expenses (after 7.5% of AGI floor) | 5,000 | State income taxes | 6,000 | Real estate taxes | 12,000 | Home mortgage interest on loan to acquire principal residence | 13,000 | Home equity mortgage interest (loan proceeds were used to purchase an auto) | 1,500 | Charitable contributions | 9,000 | Miscellaneous deductions (after 2% of AGI floor) | 1,000 |
__________________ BEC-74,82(lost credit),78
FAR-67,80
AUD-75
REG-68,72,79
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CPAFearful Newbie
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Posted: 05 May 2011 at 13:56 | IP Logged
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hi aimtobeacpa, remember the calculation for amt is (parts pertaining to your question are bold) regular taxable income +preferences -+adjustments ____________ alternative min tax income -exemption amount ____________ alt min tax base X 26% or 28% ____________ going back to line 29 his amt income was not over the phaseout amount, so he and his spouse (married filing jointly) got an exemption of $70,950. This was subtracted from the amt income of $132,375 to arrive at $61,425 =amt base. Now if amt base ($61,425) is $175,000 or less a rate of 26% applies, if it is over $175,000 a rate of 28% applies. Plugging this back into the formula starting from line 31 or amt base we get the following: $61,425 (alternative min tax base) (If =/<$175,000 multiply by 26%, >$175,000 multiply by 28%) X 26% (because it is less than $175,000) ___________ $15,971 (tentative before foreign tax credit)
Hope this helps, if you have anymore questions feel free to ask, goodluck.
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aimtobeacpa Major Contributor
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Posted: 07 May 2011 at 02:24 | IP Logged
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thank u so much much..:)
__________________ BEC-74,82(lost credit),78
FAR-67,80
AUD-75
REG-68,72,79
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JLcpa Regular
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Posted: 29 May 2011 at 16:59 | IP Logged
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AimtobeCPA, CPAfearful,
can you please explain how you arrived at AMT income of $132375.
thanks.
__________________ Jas, Jersey City, NJ
AUD- 18 Nov 2009- 86
FAR- 28 Jan 2010- 91
BEC- 26 Feb 2010- 87
REG- May 2011- 78
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Jef2006 Contributor
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Posted: 29 May 2011 at 20:03 | IP Logged
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1040 line 41 :$87,500
Interest income from private activity Bond $15,000
Depreciation( 200% dep-150% dep): $24,000-$18,000=$6,000
Medical expense: $3,375 ( $135,000*2.5%)
State income tax: $6,000
R/E tax;$12,000
Home equity interest:$1,500
Misc. exp: $1,000
Add the above ; $132,375
__________________ BEC 78
FAR 88
AUD 94
REG 75 completed within 6mos
Thanks to Becker
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