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You need FTB 540 Booklet, FTB Publication 1540, FTB Publication 1031, Form 1040, Form FTB 3506, Form 540, Schedule CA, and Form 1040 Instructions to complete this assignment.

Complete a tax return for Joseph Cuevas and Sara S. Cuevas (her SSN: 670-82-6160).

Sara was a full-time from January 1, 2013 to June 10, 2013 and again from August 23, 2013 to December 15, 2013. The school was not an on-the-job training course, correspondence school, night, or internet school.

Their Children who lived with them all year are:

Joseph went to Las Vegas and won $8,000 playing slot machines and at card game tables. He kept a record and recorded the slot machine numbers and card game tables he played and money spent at each. The total spend for gambling was $3,500.

Joseph paid Tashawna Ezeb (SSN 345-34-3253) $1,700 for each child to take care of the children while he was at work or when Sara was in school. Tashawna's address is 749 E. Lincoln Ave, Los Angeles, CA  90003.

Joseph paid rent for all of 2013 to Antwione Edmonds. The property was not exempt from California property tax.

Joseph was the only person who worked in the family. All information on W-2 is current.

Complete a tax return for Lawrence Escobedo and Theresa Escobedo (502-39-4055). They got married December 31, 2013.

Their Children who lived with them all year are:

Only Lawrence worked. Theresa did not work. Theresa attended school full time for 7 months in 2011. The school was not an on-the-job training course, correspondence school, night, or internet school. When she was in school they were taken care of by Happy Child, inc.:

Lawrence has never itemized his deductions.

Lawrence furnished over one-half the household expenses for his father's home. His father's name is: Lorenzo Escobedo-Lopez (SSN 051-58-9835). No-one else can claim his father as a dependent. Lawrence wants to claim the Credit for Dependent Parent.

On June 15, 2013, Lawrence adopted Francisco (SSN 612-23-5313) from Bogota, Colombia. He spent $6,000 in adoption expenses and $1,600 in transportation costs to bring the child to the United States.

Lawrence bought a California Lottery ticket and he won $1,200.

Complete a California return. Use the following attached W-2. All information on W-2 is current.

1. Look at the Form 540 you prepared for Jose and Sara Cuevas. What is the amount on Form 540, Line 12?

A. $36,024.
B. $44,024.
C. $11,043. 
D. None of the above.

2. Look at the Form 540 you prepared for Jose and Sara Cuevas. What is the amount on Form 540, Line 13?

A. $36,024.
B. $44,024.
C. $29,385. 
D. None of the above.

3. Look at the Form 540 you prepared for Jose and Sara Cuevas. What is the amount on Form 540, Line 14?

A. $36,024.
B. $44,024.
C. $8,000. 
D. $24,172.

4. Look at the Form 540 you prepared for Jose and Sara Cuevas.. What is the amount on Form 540, Line 18?

A. $28,486.
B. $7,538
C. $3,500. 
D. None of the above.

5. Look at the Form 540 you prepared for Jose and Sara Cuevas.. What is the amount on Form 540, Line 19?

A. $36,486.
B. $32,524
C. $28,486 
D. $10,511.

6. Look at the Form 540 you prepared for Jose and Sara Cuevas.. What is the amount on Form 540, Line 31?

A. $424.
B. $620.
C. $504 
D. $0.

7. Look at the Form 540 you prepared for Jose and Sara Cuevas.. What is the amount on Form 540, Line 40?

A. $219.
B. $120.
C. $0 
D. None of the above.

8. Look at the Form 540 you prepared for Jose and Sara Cuevas.. What is the amount on Form 540, Line 46?

A. $219.
B. $120.
C. $0
D. None of the above.

9. Look at the Form 540 you prepared for Jose and Sara Cuevas.. What is the amount on Form 540, Line 71?

A. 1,801.20
B. $15.
C. $1,801
D. $0.

10. Look at the Form 540 you prepared for Jose and Sara Cuevas. What is the amount on Form 540, Line 74?

A. $106.
B. $216
C. $0.
D. None of the above.

11. Look at the Form 540 you prepared for Jose and Sara Cuevas. What is the amount on Form 540, Line 75?

A. $1,801.
B. $1,907.
C. $2,553.
D. $0.

12. Look at the Form 540 you prepared for Jose and Sara Cuevas. What is the amount on Form 540, Line 115?

A. $1,801.
B. $1,907.
C. $5,900.
D. $0.

13. Look at the Form 540 you prepared for Lawrence and Theresa Escobedo. What is the amount on Form 540, Line 17?

A. $67,611.
B. $65,896.
C. $65,961.
D. $0.

14. Look at the Form 540 you prepared for Lawrence and Theresa Escobedo. What is the amount on Form 540, Line 35?

A. $105.
B. $207.
C. $309.
D. $0.

15. Look at the Form 540 you prepared for Lawrence and Theresa Escobedo. What is the amount on Form 540, Line 40?

A. $105.
B. $516.
C. $619.
D. $0.

16. Look at the Form 540 you prepared for Lawrence and Theresa Escobedo. What is the amount on Form 540, Line 43?

A. $11,031.
B. $32.
C. $970.
D. None of the above.

17. Look at the Form 540 you prepared for Lawrence and Theresa Escobedo. What is the amount on Form 540, Line 44?

A. $7,600.
B. $2,500.
C. $3,800.
D. None of the above.

18. Look at the Form 540 you prepared for Lawrence and Theresa Escobedo. What is the amount on Form 540, Line 46?

A. $120.
B. $60.
C. $0.
D. None of the above.

19. Look at the Form 540 you prepared for Lawrence and Theresa Escobedo. What is the amount on Form 540, Line 47?

A. $516.
B. $3,048.
C. $636.
D. $3,168.

20. Look at the Form 540 you prepared for Lawrence and Theresa Escobedo. What is the amount on Form 540, Line 115?

A. $3,295.
B. $1,850.
C. $1,750.
D. $0.

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