Question - Matt and Meg Comer's are married. They do not have any children. Matt works as a history professor at a local university and earns a salary of 64,000. Meg works part-time at the same university. She earns 21,000 a year. The couple does not itemize deductions. other than salary, the Comer's only other source of of income is from the dispositions of various capital assets (mostly stock). Assume they file a joint return.(use the 2017 tax schedules).
What is the comer's tax liability for 2017 if they report the following capital gains and losses for the year?
Short-term capital gains $9,000
Short-term capital losses (2,000)
Long-term capital gain $15,000
Long-term capital losses (6,000)