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taxpayer maintained a household that was the principal place of abode of his married son and daughter-in-law whom the taxpayer can claim as dependents. Same as (c) except the taxpayer lived with his ex-spouse until August and maintained the household for his married son and daughter-in- law from September 1 to the end of the year 38) Julio and Martina are engaged and are planning to travel to Las Vegas during the 2009 Christmas season and get married around the end of the year. In 2009, Julio expects to earn $45,000 and Martina expects to earn $15,000. Their employers have deducted the appropriate amount of withholding from their paychecks throughout the year. Neither Julio nor Martina has any itemized deductions. They are trying to decide whether they should get married on December 31, 2009 or on January 1, 2010. What do you recommend? Explain your answer (disregard the making work pay credit). Chapter 3: Problems 35, 36, & 42 35) Determine the amount of taxable income that should be reported by a cash-basis taxpayer in 2009 in each of the following independent cases. A taxpayer completes $500 of accounting services in December 2009 for a client who pays for the accounting work in January 2010. A taxpayer is in the business of renting computers on a short-term basis. On December 1, 2009, she rents a computer for a $200 rental fee and receives a $500 deposit. The customer returns the computer and is refunded the deposit on December 20, 2009. Same facts as (b) except that the computer is returned on January 5, 2010.