Turbo Tax
W2 Activity
Calculate their tax Worksheet (Marcel and Stephanie)
1040
Offset Trivia
100

What determines who can claim you as a dependent?

A direct family member paying for your bills

100

What does box one on a W2 show? (don't tell  me word for word)

Income from their job last year

100

Who paid more total taxes, Marcel or Staphanie?

Stephanie paid more

100
How much is the standard deduction for line item #12?

$12,950

100

What hip hop group was he a part of?

Migos

200

What is a deduction?

Something that helps you lower your taxable income

200

What two addresses appear on a W2?

Yours and your employer's

200

Why are Marcel’s and Stephanie’s taxable incomes less than their annual salaries?

The standard deduction (you don't pay taxes on some of your income)

200

What happened to most people we looked at after they finished their 1040s?

They got a refund!

200

What part of the country did he grow up in

Atlanta, Georgia (the south) 

300

What is a credit?

Something that helps you pay less taxes or get a larger refund

300

Name three types of tax that appear on a W2

Federal, State, Local, Medicare, Social Security
300
What were the two states we compared for State Income Tax? Which had a higher tax rate?

California and Oregon, Oregon was higher

300
If your calculated tax burden is greater (higher) than what you already paid in taxes from your W2, will you get a refund or owe more? Why?

Owe more bc you didn't pay enough

300

Offset has starred in campaigns for the following: Gosha Rubchinskiy, Bryce Barnes, and Lavati. What are these?

Fashion designers

400

What are the three ways you can prepare your tax return?

Do it yourself, pay someone else, do it online through a software such as TurboTax

400

What mathematical operation do we use for rates?

Division

400

Roughly how much does a 2 bedroom apartment cost in these cities?

$3,000

400

If your calculated tax burden is less than what you already paid in taxes from your W2, will you get a refund or owe more? Why?

Refund, you already paid too much

400

Who did offset marry in 2017?

Cardi B

500
How often should you be doing your taxes through TurboTax or any other way?

Once per year!

500

How would I calculate the state income tax rate?

Divide State Tax by Total Income (State Tax / Wages)

500

What do we mean by a standard of living?

What kind of life you can actually have based on how expensive everything is

500

What's the point of the standard deduction?

To decrease your taxable income

500

What's Mr. Rosenfeld's opinion on Offset's music on a scale from 1 to 5

It's fine I guess (3/5)

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