Nick and Jolene are married. Nick is 64 and retired last year from his job with Amalgamated Company.Jolene is 56 and works part-time as a special education teacher.They give you the following list of projected cash receipts for 2013:
Jolene's salary $23,000
Nick's pension - fully taxable 22,500
Interest income 4,000
Dividend income (all qualified) 2,500
Nick's Social Security benefits received 7,000
Assuming that Nick and Jolene have total allowable itemized deductions of $12,350 in 2013 and that they have no dependents, determine their 2013 taxable income and tax liability based on the projections they gave you.