Question - Jamal, age 52, is a manager for Triple W Company. His annual salary is $100,000 and he receives the following fringe benefits during the current year:
Triple W pays for all employees' health and accident insurance. Triple W pays $4,000 for Jamal's health insurance during the year.
Triple W provides Jamal with group-term life insurance coverage of $200,000 during the year. The monthly inclusion amount per $1,000 of coverage is $.23.
Triple W has a flexible benefits plan in which employees may participate to pay any costs not reimbursed by their health insurance. Jamal has $3,600 withheld from his salary under the plan. During the year he receives reimbursements of $3,300.
Triple W pays for mass transit passes for all employees of $100 a month.
Triple W pays Jamal's annual membership dues of $450 to the Society of Human Resource Management Association. The company also subscribes to several management journals for Jamal costing $650 a year.
Jamal took a college class on employment law and Triple W reimbursed his tuition of $6,000.
Jamal's consumption of coffee provided by Triple W is valued at $700 a year.
How much income must Jamal report from his job?