Alice and Alan have been married for five years and have two…

Alice and Alan have been married for five years and have two children. In 2018, Alice had wages from her programming job of $65,000 and Alan made $20,000 as a part-time accountant. Alice also got an additional $5,000 year-end bonus paid to her on December 24. In 2018, they contributed $10,000 to Alice’s traditional 401k, and $4,000 to Alan’s traditional IRA. What is their 2018 gross income? 

Rob and Heidi (married filing joint) expect to pay $20,000 i…

Rob and Heidi (married filing joint) expect to pay $20,000 in tithing and $8,000 in state and local taxes each year for the next few years. If they have a 24% marginal tax rate, calculate how much they would save over the next two years if they use “bunching” (assume a standard deduction in 2019 of $24,400).