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Please use the Pub 4012 for help with the answers by clicking this link: https://www.irs.gov/pub/irs-pdf/p4012.pdf

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A Qualifying Person for Head of Household filing status must meet which of the following conditions: *

1 point

A Qualifying Person for Head of Household status must be related to you.

A Qualifying Person for HOH filing status must have lived with you all year.

A Qualifying Person for HOH filing status must be your biological or adopted child.

None of the above.

To be considered Head of Household, you must meet which of the following: *

1 point

A. Have a qualifying person live in your home for more than half the year.

B. Pay more than half the cost of keeping up a home for the year.

C. Both A and B

D. None of the above.

Desmond styles hair for his friends on the weekends in his home. They pay him cash, and he makes a small profit. Does Desmond have to report this income on his tax return? *

1 point

Yes, as wages.

Yes, as business income on Schedule C or Schedule C-EZ.

No, he doesn't need to include it because small amounts of cash paid for services are not taxable income.

Maura makes $25,000 a year and pays all of the household expenses for her friend Sarah and for Sarah's three-year-old daughter Ali. Sarah had a difficult year and has no income. Who is eligible to claim the Earned Income Credit? *

1 point

Sarah

Maura

Maura and Sarah

None of the above

Tyra earns $28,000 a year. She owns a house at 1 Mississippi Lane and pays all the household expenses for herself and the other members of her household. Her household includes her eighteen-year-old daughter Brooke and one-year-old grandson Remy. They both live with Tyra, and she provides all of their support. Brooke is a full time student with no income. Who is eligible to claim a qualifying child for the Earned Income Credit? *

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Tyra can claim Brooke and Remy as qualifying children for the Earned Income Credit.

Brooke can claim Remy as a qualifying child for Earned Income Credit because he is her son.

Neither Brooke nor Tyra can claim a qualifying child for the Earned Income Credit.

Kayla is taking out loans to support herself through graduate school. Previously, her parents paid her way through four years of undergraduate education. Kayla is hoping paying for graduate school will help on her tax return. Which of the following education tax benefits is Kayla NOT eligible for? *

1 point

Student Loan Interest Deduction

Lifetime Learning Credit

American Opportunity Credit

Issa pays all expenses for her household, which includes her five-year-old daughter Molly and her thirty-year-old brother Ray. Ray makes $10,000 per year. Who, if anyone, is a dependent of Issa? (Note: dependents no longer provide exemptions but are relevant for filing status and certain credits.) *

1 point

Molly

Ray

Both

Neither

Which of the following situations requires a preparer certified at the Advanced level? *

1 point

A taxpayer claiming the student loan interest deduction

A taxpayer claiming the Child and Dependent Care Credit

A taxpayer with dividend income

A taxpayer with a 1099-R and the taxable amount is NOT determined

Hector sends his daughter Dolores to daycare so he can work. Which of the following conditions need to be met for Hector to claim the Child and Dependent Care Credit? *

1 point

Hector must make less than $56,000 a year.

Dolores must be under the age of thirteen.

Hector must be the biological parent of Dolores.

Which of these is NOT considered taxable income? *

1 point

SNAP or Food Stamp benefits.

Interest earned from a bank on a savings account.

Bingo winnings!

Wages from a job.

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