EKS Training Scenario Five

Ground Rules o Don’t work ahead – stay on the current task o Turn off your cell phone o Question/Comments – raise your hand, stay in your seat o No side conversations - don’t even ask your neighbor for help o Returning volunteers sit next to new volunteers o Bring your materials every day o At least try to do your homework – bring your questions

Class Structure 4 Steps:  As a class, we will review Interview Notes, Intake & Interview Sheet (13614-C) & supporting documents for each scenario.  Instructor will teach Tax Law – referencing Publication 4012 and C  Instructor will show you how to enter information into TaxWise. WATCH!  Now DO! Students will enter information on TaxWise

Scenario #5

What you will learn in this scenario: 1.Dividends 2.Social Security Income 3.Cancellation of Debt – Credit Card 4.Affordable Care Act – Marketplace coverage and premium tax credit What you will review in this scenario: 1.Filing Status 2.Personal Exemptions 3.Income – W-2 4.Itemized Deductions versus Standard Deduction 5.Form 8888

Scenario #5 Let’s review Anthony and Courtney’s Information:  Interview Notes  Intake & Interview sheet C  Tax Documents

Interview Notes Review  What did you learn about Anthony and Courtney?

Intake & Interview Deep Dive with the C  Did they bring all the required documents?  Everything accurate?  What’s missing/wrong/mismatched that needs to be changed?  Compare tax documents and interview notes  Make any corrections needed on C  Fill out greyed out boxes (dependency and ACA) Publication 4012, Tabs K-3 and K-4

Who should file? Does this taxpayer need to file their return? Or should they? Publication 4012, Tab A

In Scope? Is client eligible for VITA services? What certification level is needed to prepare this return? Publication 4012, pages 8-10 Scope of Services Chart

Scenario #5 You Got This! Determine filing status and personal exemption Publication 4012, Tab B-1 and Tab C-1

TaxWise You Got This! Enter Anthony and Courtney’s:  Personal information on Main Information Sheet  Everything on page one of C goes on Main Info  Income documents:  W-2 Publication 4012, K-6 to K-11 for Main Info and D-3 to D-9 for Income

Tax Law Topic #1 Dividend Income  Corporate distributions such as ordinary dividends, qualified dividends, capital gain distributions and nondividend distributions are reported on DIV  Ordinary dividends are corporate distributions paid out of the earnings and profit of the corporation  Qualified dividends are ordinary dividends that qualify for lower, long term capital gains tax rates  Capital gains distributions come from mutual funds and real estate investment trusts  Nondividend distributions are nontaxable because it is part of a taxpayers cost or other basis  They are treated like interest income in TaxWise – you’ll enter them on the Dividend Statement Publication 4012, Tab D-3 to D-5 and D-10 to D-11

TaxWise Students: WATCH instructor Enter Anthony’s 1099-DIV on the Dividend Statement Publication 4012, Tab D-10 through D-11

TaxWise Students: Enter Anthony’s 1099-DIV on the Dividend Statement Publication 4012, Tab D-10 through D-11

Tax Law Topic #2 Social Security Income  Taxpayers receive a SSA if they receive benefits from Social Security Administration – retirement, survivor and disability benefits  If taxpayers have other income, part of their Social Security benefits may be taxable  Social Security income alone does not require someone to file their taxes in most cases Publication 4012, Tab D-26

TaxWise Students: WATCH instructor Enter Courtney’s social security benefits on 1040 Worksheet 1 Publication 4012, Tab D-26

TaxWise Students: WATCH instructor Enter Courtney’s social security benefits on 1040 Worksheet 1 Publication 4012, Tab D-26

Tax Law Topic #3 Cancellation of Debt  Any debt forgiven by a creditor is considered income by the IRS.  Creditors and debt collectors that agree to accept at least $600 less than the original balance of the debt are required by law to file a 1099-C form with the IRS and to send it to debtor.  There are exclusions - use the screening tool in Publication 4012 Tab D-33 to determine if the client’s COD is in scope of VITA services. Publication 4012, Tab D-33

TaxWise Students: WATCH instructor Enter Courtney’s cancelled credit card debt on Line 21 – link to worksheet 7 Publication 4012, Tab D-33

TaxWise Students: Enter Courtney’s cancelled credit card debt on Line 21 – link to worksheet 7 Publication 4012, Tab D-33

Tax Law Topic #4 Affordable Care Act - Marketplace & APTC  Did the Websters have coverage all year?  If no, let’s review the exemptions before assessing the Shared Responsibility Payment  Did they purchase coverage from the marketplace (Covered CA)?  If yes, did they receive the advanced premium tax credit (APTC)? Interview Notes, C, 1095-A and Publication 4012, Tab ACA

TaxWise You got this!  Enter coverage information for Courtney on the ACA worksheet Publication 4012, Tab ACA

TaxWise Students: WATCH instructor Enter Anthony’s marketplace coverage information (1095-A) on Form 8962 Publication 4012, Tab ACA

TaxWise Students: Enter Anthony’s marketplace coverage information (1095-A) on Form 8962 Publication 4012, Tab ACA

Completing the CA return 1.Get the red out! Most information will automatically populate from the federal return 2.State EITC Form – 3514* 3.If you have entered more than one W-2 on the 1040, you will have to manually add the additional W-2’s. The first W- 2 will carry over, but the rest won’t. 4.Make sure to complete the direct deposit or balance due portion of the return 5.Complete the CA Renters Credit Worksheet when applicable. *At the time of this ppt creation, details on what TaxWise will auto populate are not available

Refund  Do the Websters want to direct deposit their refund?  If so, are they requesting to split their refund?  Do they want to buy a savings bond? C and Interview Notes

Savings Ask Every Taxpayer (AET)!  Remind the Websters of the savings option  Answer Questions  Be enthusiastic and positive!

TaxWise You got this!  Enter checking and savings account information for the Websters on Form 8888  Remember to enter the 540 account numbers twice Publication 4012, Tab ACA

Finishing the return THINGS YOU NEED TO KNOW ABOUT FINISHING A RETURN 1.Ask the questions in the Prep Use Fields 2.All returns must be Quality Reviewed (checklist on C) Tab, K-25 3.Run Diagnostics to check for errors 4.Print returns (Federal and State) for Taxpayer 5.Review return with taxpayer (Formula 1040 activity) 6.Have Taxpayer and Spouse sign 8879s for Federal and State and remind them they are responsible for their return and by signing, they are agreeing it is accurate:  One copy for the taxpayer  One copy for the VITA Site Publication 4012, Tab K

Check our work  Do we have matching AGI, refund?  Let’s review entry of: -W-2 -Schedule A Worksheet 1 -Dividend Statement -Line 21 -ACA Marketplace and Premium Tax Credit

Look it up! Where do we enter Dividends in TaxWise? Publication 4012, Tab D-11 Dividend Statement True or False: All Social Security benefits received are always taxable. Publication 4012, Tab D-26 False – depends on what other income was received; automatically calculated by TaxWise Name a reason that cancelled debt would be out of scope for VITA. Publication 4012, Tab D-33 Insolvency, related to a business, didn’t receive a form

Look it up! What form will a taxpayer receive if they purchased insurance on Covered CA? Publication 4012, Tab ACA 1095-A True or False: The amount of advance premium tax credit reported on the 1095-A is always what the taxpayer is eligible for. Publication 4012, Tab ACA False– it will depend on actual income information on the tax return.