Show 0 questions and answers about 0 income taxes note the salt lake take l ake tel 0 tram ran ha has compiled the 1 fellow I low s ing ln questions which bave have been 0 answered by the state tax em earn i mission and nd presen teil for ah the 0 benefit of the people of the state 3 4 Q my husband and I 1 were dt di vonceil borcea last september but the de do cree cres will not become binal until in march shall we file a joint return A you cannot file a joint return as a you were not living together on the last day of the taxable year which was december 31 1931 Q my husband and I 1 are divorced lie its ends sends money and fitts occasionally to our two children am I 1 considered the head of the family and can I 1 claim credit for the children ct ck ma my fa ther who Is not working also live ves with me mer r A th the one who contribute contributes the major support of the children la Is the th one who la entitled to claim the ex eruption emption if your father Is incapable ot of self support because he Is mentally or physically defective and receives his chief support from you and Is dependent upon you a credit of may also be made on hi his account Q th the care ot of the chil children drien wax was given to me ine by the court which one ot us can claim credit tor for dependent children on our tax return A it the court awarded a flat fiat allowance with no stipulated support for or the children the father cannot claim them as den dependents dents but if it 4 stipulated allowance was made for the support of the children the father may claim the credit if that amount is more than 60 50 per cent of the cost of supporting the children Q my divorced husband pays m me alimony the oni mean means of support ort I 1 have can I 1 claim that as a income on my tax return A no allmon alimony Is 1 not income to the this wife nor la Is it deductible by te its husband on his tax ax return Q do federal employees emp loye loyes have to make mae a return and pay the filing feet feel A yes if resident ol 01 utah but salaries or wages received from rom the united states tor for services are exclude ed from the gross income each return must be accord partied by the fu ing fe fee of 1 Q I 1 am married and have no in come except as a wife must I 1 fill out a return and pay a filing fee A A A married woman living with her husband on december 31 1031 having rio no independent income Is no not t required to file a return it her husband makes what li Is known as a joint return for himself and wife the filing fee Is paid only when a return la is tiled filed Q since our marriage my hua hus band end rind I 1 have been filing joint fed led oral income tax return returns last year I 1 earned more money than rn my ir hus band did shall S a 11 we make for the state separate returns or a joint return it we make separate returns which may inay claim the exemption A you may di do either if you make separate returns the personal exemption may be taken ly either or divided between you Q mart of the money I 1 spent last year I 1 made in gambling gann blint shall I 1 in elude this as aneo re on iny my return it so may I 1 deduct my losses A gambling Is considered in the gross income but only the excess ot of the gains over the losses the me losses are not otherwise deductible Q len lan year I 1 mas as awarded slow 1000 by the court in a breach breath ox of promise alt suit I 1 include this as income Q I 1 paid a man a commission to alp me fet gel ajob job I 1 last summer shall sho I 1 deduct Z this as expense A yes it would be b allowable as a business expense 0 my aunt died last summer and by b provision in her will I X received R in in cash and a diamond finx valued at ISO how now much of this must I 1 include in my A neither the gift of the money por the ring Is nUu ded but if you invested In the buo and rec received elved interest on the amo amount tint the interest ln would be b included as income Q hy ky tax return just received seems rather bewildering to me must I 1 go to the expense ct of hiring someone to help me IW fill it out prop 0 ariy aly A no NO the tax commis commission n has trained employed emp loyes to help you get in touch with the auditing department of the tax commission commiss ion in person or by mall MIL CL I X filled out my return and lent sent it to the tax commission I 1 had no tax bogay to pay so I 1 did not send the ft 1 tiling filing tee ee was that right A no the filing tee fee must ae company the return Q suppose a person Is single but tips a dependent and hai has a net income of 1300 for tho the year what Is bis his status A the tact fact that his net income I 1 was was more than 1000 for or the year makes ak es him cli nible for or the tiling filing of 0 the return i turn the tact that he has a dependent and only 1300 income makes it unnecessary tor for him to pay abax a tax afna ever he must pay his III ing fee of or st 1 and send in his blanks properly tilled filled out ao Q S P se a wife has no separate I 1 a and n d her chief occupation II 11 home inking how should question no 4 in form 40 A be b answered the question is as 1 ii Is this a joint return of ausba husband n d and wife A in n that case the answer would be yes an and d L ue e next nu fuestion estion about w whether the r or n not 0 t the wife has a separate income would be no al Q would mould it ae e r cessare for the wl to P py pay ay a filing fee in this case A no only the husband would be required 0 to o pay the tax in tho the case mentioned Q when does a vita wife pay a flung fee A when che she has a separate in come Q suppose a wife has a separated ee sepa parate ratel income can she tile file a joint return with her husband A yes Q will the she have to tolue tile a separate return on am I her ier er own account A yes and she will have to pay ah her er alln lee ec but ahe she will not no haag he 4 to a fill out the blanks of arms income deductions etc all that 0 k it 11 as e care of in the joint return I 1 salt lake take 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