Sam pays his 19-year-old son,
Sam pays his 19-year-old son, Joshua, $550 per month tomaintain the lawn and garden at the family residence. Is Samsubject to the household employment tax rules for Joshua? Why orwhy not?Justin Case, a single taxpayer, paid mortgage interest of $2,579,paid real estate taxes of $1,751, and gave $3,750 to United FamilyChurch, for which he received a contribution statement. What typeof return is generally prepared based on this information?Warren has self-employment income of $27,641. He had unreimbursededucator expenses of $250, and student loan interest of $2,467.These entries will be reported on __________.
Answer:
1. Sam is not subject to household employment tax rules forwages paid to his 19-year old son Joshua for maintenance of hishouse’s lawn and garden because he does not have to count wagespaid to his son as per IRS tax guide publication 926 (2020), “Don’tcount wages you pay to :
a. Your spouse
b. Your child under the age of 21
c. Your parent (exception exists)
d. Any employee under the age of 18 at any time in 2020(exception exists)”
2. Mortgage interest paid, real estate taxes paid, contributionto Church are all part of itemized deductions allowed in IRSSchedule A. Schedule A is a tax form where the tax payer can claimitemized deductions for certain personal expenses and charitablecontributions, instead of standard deduction. Schedule A is filedin addition to standard Form 1040 for filing annual tax returns, ifthe tax payer wishes to claim itemized deductions. So, in the abovescenario, since all three are allowed as itemized deductions, thetax payer is likely to file Schedule A.
3. Self-employment income will be reported on Form 1040(ScheduleC)
Unreimbursed educator expenses are reported on line 23 of Form1040.
Student loan interest is reported on Form 1098-E
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