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Reba Dixon is a fifth$-$grade school teacher who earned a salary of $$37,000$ in $2023.$ She is $45$

years old and receives $$1,200$ of alimony payments each month from her former husband

$($divorced in $2016).$ Reba also rents out a small apartment building. This year Reba received

$$55,000$ of rental payments from tenants, and she incurred $$19,500$ of expenses associated with

the rental.

Reba and her daughter Heather $(20$ years old at the end of the year$)$ moved to Georgia in

January of this year. Reba provides more than one$-$half of Heather's support. They had been

living in Colorado for the past $15$ years, but ever since her divorce, Reba has been wanting to

move back to Georgia to be closer to her family. Luckily, last December, a teaching position

opened up and Reba and Heather decided to make the move. Reba paid a moving company

$$2,510$ to move their personal belongings, and she and Heather spent two days driving the $1,860$

miles to Georgia.

Reba rented a home in Georgia. Heather decided to continue living at home with her mom, but

she started attending school full time in January and throughout the rest of the year at a nearby

university. She was awarded a $$3,830$ partial tuition scholarship this year, and Reba helped out

by paying the remaining $$500$ tuition cost. If possible, Reba thought it would be best to claim the

education credit for these expenses.

Reba wasn't sure if she would have enough items to help her benefit from itemizing on her tax

return. However, she kept track of several expenses this year that she thought might qualify if

she was able to itemize. Reba paid $$7,430$ in state income taxes and $$16,050$ in charitable

contributions during the year. She also paid the following medical$-$related expenses for herself

and Heather:

Shortly after the move, Reba got distracted while driving and ran into a street sign. The accident

caused $$1,250$ in damage to the car and gave her whiplash. Because the repairs were less than

her insurance deductible, she paid the entire cost of the repairs. Reba wasn't able to work for two

months after the accident. Fortunately, she received $$2,000$ from her disability insurance. Her

employer, the Central Georgia School District, paid $60$ percent of the premiums on the policy as a

nontaxable fringe benefit, and Reba paid the remaining $40$ percent portion.

A few years ago, Reba acquired several investments with her portion of the divorce settlement.

This year she reported the following income from her investments: $$1,000$ of interest income

from corporate bonds and $$2,000$ interest income from City of Denver municipal bonds. Overall,

Reba's stock portfolio appreciated by $$15,380,$ but she did not sell any of her stocks.

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