repare a 2016 Form 1040 for the individual below. Also prepare Schedules A.
If you need more information to fill out a form, just make it up and make a note “to ask the client later.”
PERSONAL INFORMATION & WAGES
Lala Chambers, a divorced single taxpayer and practicing attorney, lives at 9551 Oak Leaf Lane in Pine Cove, AZ 86035. Her social security number is 412-34-5670 (date of birth 2/27/1972).
Her W-2 contained the following information:
Wages (box 1) = $83,401.55
Federal W/H (box 2) = $ 9,782.15
Social security wages (box 3) = $83,401.55
Social security W/H (box 4) = $ 5,170.90
Medicare wages (box 5) = $83,401.55
Medicare W/H (box 6) = $ 1,209.32
In addition, Lala made alimony payments totaling $9,600 for the year to her former husband Alex, an unemployed mine worker, whose social security number is 412-34-5671. He found an old girlfriend on Facebook from high school; that is why they got divorced.
She made estimated tax payments this year of $10,000 each quarter of 2016.
PERSONAL EXPENSE