Lara Started a Self-Employed Consulting Business in the Last Part

question 67

Essay

Lara started a self-employed consulting business in the last part of the year and earned $60,000 of self- employment earnings.She had been employed as manager in a consulting firm prior to starting her own business and had earned $175,000.
a.What is Lara's Additional Medicare Tax,if any?
b.What is Lara's deduction for AGI for the Additional Medicare Tax?

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Definitions:

Conditioned Stimulus

A once-neutral cue that, after being paired with an unconditioned stimulus, eventually induces a conditioned response.

Unconditioned Stimulus

In classical conditioning, a stimulus that naturally and automatically triggers a response without any need for learning.

Unconditioned Response

An automatic, natural reaction to a stimulus that occurs without previous conditioning.

Conditioned Response

The learned response to a previously neutral stimulus that has become conditioned through association with an unconditioned stimulus in classical conditioning.