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IRC
✓✓ Internal Revenue Code
Standard Deduction
✓✓ Set by statute. Included in calculating the Below-the-Line
deductions (for Taxable Income). Alternative is Itemized
Deduction
Itemized Deduction
✓✓ Sum of allowable deductions in calculating the Below-the-
Line deductions (for Taxable Income). Alternative is Standard
Deduction
Tax Rate (Individuals) - Ordinary Income
✓✓ 10% - 37%
Tax Rate (Individuals) - Net Gains / Qualified Dividends
✓✓ 0% - 20% (sometimes) 20% - 28% (usually)
Alternative Minimum Tax Rate
✓✓ 26% - 28%
Capital Gains
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✓✓ Profit (or Loss) from the sale of property or investments
(preferential tax rate compared to Ordinary Income)
Adjusted Gross Income (AGI)
✓✓ Gross Income - Deductions
Taxable Income
✓✓ AGI - (Larger of Standard or Itemized Deduction)
Tentative Tax
✓✓ Taxable Income (x) Tax Rate
Taxes Due (+) or Refund (-)
✓✓ Tentative Tax - Credits
Refundable Tax Credit
✓✓ Taxpayer can receive money through a refund
Nonrefundable Tax Credit
✓✓ Tax is lowered to a possible $0. But no refund.
Title 26 (US. Code)
✓✓ The statutory bas of all federal tax law.
Gross Income