Rates for a Couple Filing a Joint Tax Return Are

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Rates for a couple filing a joint tax return are 10% up to $16,750 and 15% thereafter up to $68,000. Joanna and Delbert Linton earned combined gross income of $26,000. They took the standard deduction of $11,400 for a married couple filing a joint return and two exemptions of $3,650 each. Compute the amount of income tax.

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