Taxable vs. Nontaxable Flashcards
Prizes and Awards
Taxable
Personal (Physical) Injury or Illness Award
Nontaxble
Taxable or Nontaxable?
Employee Adoption Assistance Program
Nontaxable; up to $16,810
Casualty/Theft Loss attributed to federal disaster
Taxable in excess of $100 floor and 10% of AGI
Self-employed health insurance
Taxable
Taxable or Nontaxable?
Nonqualified Roth IRA Distribution
Nontaxable (Principal earning)
Taxable (Earnings)
Workers’ Compensation
Nontaxable
Charitable Contributions
Taxable
Gifts and Inheritances
Nontaxable
Taxable or Nontaxable?
Child Support
Nontaxable
Distibutions to Partners and Shareholders
Nontaxable
Taxable or Nontaxable?
Dividend Income
Taxable depending on company’s earnings and profits
For example, if there are no earnings and profits and taxpayer has basis in stock, it is nontaxable
Taxable or Nontaxable?
Qualified Roth IRA Distribution
Nontaxable (Principal earning)
Nontaxable (Earnings)
Wages
Taxable
Taxable or Nontaxable?
Taxpayer lives longer after the expected life of the annuity.
Taxable
Student Loan Interest
Taxable
Taxable or Nontaxable?
Interest Income from state and local goverment bonds/obligations, bonds of a U.S. Possession, U.S. Series EE Savings Bonds
Nontaxable
State/local taxes
(Property and either income or sales)
Taxable, up to $10,000
Medical Expenses
Taxable in excess of 7.5% AGI
Punitive Damages
Taxable
Taxable or Nontaxable?
Return of Capital
Nontaxable
What is the difference between taxable versus nontaxable?
Taxable refers to the portion of income that is subject to tax and nontaxable refers to the portion of income that is not subject to tax
Interest Expense (home and investment)
Taxable
Earnings (e.g. pension and annuity)
Taxable, depending on fixed period or life annuity
In addition earnings are taxed at ordinary income
Taxable or Nontaxable?
Employer Payment of Employees’s Educational Expenses
Nontaxable; up to $5,250
Taxable or Nontaxable?
Capital Gain/Loss
Taxable
Taxable or Nontaxable?
Qualified Non-Roth Retirement Plans
Nontaxable for the most part, however, benefits recieved in the year which the amount was distributed or made available to employee are taxable as ordinary income
Social Security Income
Taxable depending on AGI
50-85%
Taxable or Nontaxable?
Property Settlement
Nontaxable