Ellen Uses the Head of Household Filing Status and Has

question 37

Essay

Ellen uses the head of household filing status and has a dependent daughter. Ellen has self-employment income of $310,000 as an architect and $10,000 of self-employment losses from a jewelry making business.
a.What is Ellen's 0.9% additional Medicare tax for 2015?
b.Is Ellen allowed to include a portion of the additional Medicare tax in computing the deduction for self-employment taxes reported as an adjustment for AGI on the front page of her income tax return?

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Definitions:

Wernicke's

Refers to Wernicke's area, a region in the brain associated with understanding spoken language.

Receptive

Being open and responsive to ideas, stimuli, or inputs from the external environment.

Visual Agnosia

A neurological disorder characterized by the inability to recognize or understand visual information despite having normal eyesight.

Broca's Area

An area located in the dominant hemisphere's frontal lobe of the brain, associated with the production of speech.