Imputed Income
Income that may be attributed to an individual who refuses to obtain employment, chooses not to work for personal reasons, or chooses to earn less than is typical for someone with the individual’s training, education and skill. An individual cannot be forced to work but the court or decision-maker can attribute certain income levels to a person based on the person’s education or training, skill, and work history. Some States consider assets, for example, if the obligor is self-employed or owns real estate. This also may be the amount of income the court/administrator determines that an obligor is capable of earning if he/she does not appear at a hearing after proper service. Some will also attribute income to a custodial parent who chooses to remain unemployed. (See also: Disposable Income; Guidelines)
Question: How does imputed income work in child support calculations? I have recently gone back to school to better my earning capacity to take care of my children. I have been told that because I am a convicted felon I will not be employable and therefore the imputed income is my job at a bagel shop. Can I not get a reduction in child support to finish school because of my criminal history?
Answer: If your income decreases, your legal obligation may decrease if the court sees that it should be decreased.
Question: How does getting married in Dec. to my domestic partner(on my insurance) effect imputed income on my 06 W2? I have imputed income added to my W-2 for 2006, for her health benefits. We got married in December I was wondering if this was similar to having a Baby in December where as you can get the full deduction as if you had the baby Jan 1. Can I ask my employer to re-issue me a W-2 less the imputed income?
Answer: You need to file your income tax return with the married filing jointly status, and leave the imputed income as-is. If the health benefits deduction is after-tax, you can claim this as an itemized deduction--if you itemize.
Question: Can someone please explain imputed income for me concerning domestic partner ins? i am trying to understand imputed income and what that means..thanks!
Answer: Imputed income refers to when you receive something of value but do not receive a cash payment. For example, if you were to receive a new car worth $20,000 as a prize in a sales contest at work, your employer would have to include the value of the car on your earnings statement. You would then be responsible for income taxes on the $20,000 of imputed income even though you did not receive cash.
I am not certain if that answers your question regarding domestic partner insurance, but I am presuming that they provide that coverage to you without charging you for it. They then are adding some imputed income to your earnings statement to account for the value of the coverage that is provided to you for the insurance.
Question: Whose burden of proof is it to get imputed income over turned? Judge imputed income to ex in 2006 now he filed motion to modify.Isn't it his burden to hire vocational expert and prove his earning capability as I had to do to get his incomeimputed in 2006?
Answer: Its up to the petitioner to prove the imputed income and the respondent to defend it. If you question his income potential its your responsibility to bring forth evidence or testimony to prove your court action.
GL!
Question: Imputed income from domestic partnership health insurance? I have imputed income on my pay stubs that amount to $5000/year. It is added on to my check so they can tax it then it is deducted back off. This $5000 is added into box 1 on my w-2. Why is it included here when I haven't actually received the money? Its kind of a bummer realizing my tax return could be $1000 more without this extra $5000 added on.
Answer: healthquotes.awardspace.info - I switched to this health insurance from them, cause it gives much cheaper rates for mе.
Question: Explain the IRS rules changes about more than $50,000 of basic life why this is consider imputed income? Don't I have to die in order to collect my basic life insurance? Isn't this taxed after my death anyway?
Answer: Your employer can pay for $50,000 of life insurance and write it off as a fringe benefit that you don't pay tax on.
If you get more than $50,000 in life insurance, the premium on the excess is considered income to you.
Question: HUD question. Is missing money counted as income or to be imputed assets? Would a large amount of money missing from a savings account be counted as income or imputed as disposal of assets? (If a tenant claims they spent the money on themselves but does not provide receipts for verification.) The HUD handbook says to impute assets for 2 years after the disposal date. but it also says "the withdrawl of cash or assets from an investment as periodic payments should be counted as income."
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Answer: Disposal of assets and constitutes FRAUD.
Question: how imputed income calculated in ca? How imputing income work in california divorce, my wife is chriopractor but showing only income of 1600/ month in her busniess, but us labour data show she should make about 80000/year. Will court will listen to this to reduce child support.
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but problem is its her practice, mostly take cash, she show claimed loss of 20000 last year.
Answer: They aren't going to look at the money should could make, they are going to look at the money she does make.
Question: Child support and imputed income? I'm in Georgia and there is a new child support income shares model has been implemented since the start of this year.
I'm wanting to know if my ex-wife's income be imputed into these calculations if she is not currently working? The new law is supposed to base child support on the income of both parents and I believe she is not working to avoid this. We have a son that is a year old now and she has not worked since his birth. She held down full time work previously.
Will the court look at her past years tax filings and impute her income if she continues to not work?
Answer: Probably not, North Dakota doesn't do that...my ex-girlfriend ins't working and even though I'm owed back support from when she was working they will compute it as her working for minimum wage...a measly $168/month is what I get...I'm sure if I was a woman getting it from a guy it would be $500/month...good luck...
Question: Does anyone understand what "imputed income" is in regards to health care reform? what they are looking at is taxing what your employer pays not what you pay. that is called imputed income.
you probably pay no more than 30% of the actual premium. you would pay the tax's on the other 70% without making a dime more in income.
look into it people!
wow, not a lot of response's
guess i didnt use a proper inflamatory word in the question!
it's only the biggest issue on the table, but i guess we shouldnt worry about it!
Answer: Yah my company informed me about that like a week ro so ago. Absolute robery, which seems to just be common practice in politics nowadays. Thanks Bama.
@ Justagra "f your employer has to pay taxes on that income that you aren't spending on health insurance then hes not going to be offering it, or hes going to not give out raises. Surely you don't think the company will eat it?"
Yes, every company I have worked at eats the cost. I pay only 98$ for a family of three, if the company didn't eat the rest fo the premium it would be almost 2k$ a month. I am glad we have the system we have now as it is an excelent deal all around, I do not want to pay everyone elses 98$, get it?
Question: Does the IRS allow companies to deduct imputed interest expense received by an employee as taxable income? The IRS taxes imputed interest received by employees. Does IRS allow the company that provides the benefit, a deduction for the imputed interest, and lower the company's taxable income? What law guides this?
Answer: You may be referring to IRC § 7872, which taxes employees who receive loans from their employers at below-market interest rates. In such cases, the employee is taxed on the difference between the amount of the loan and the present value of the total payments due. The employer is allowed an equivalent deduction.
Question: ESPP - imputed income and taxes? Please help me figure this out.
I participated in my company ESPP plan where I received 15% discount for buying the stock. The discount was reported in my salary as the imputed income. I still hold the shares and haven't sold any.
Do I report to IRS anything at this time?
When I sell the shares - at least 2 years from now - how do I calculate the taxes?
Answer: For this year, the imputed income is already reported on your W-2 so you don't need to do anything.
When you sell the shares, your cost basis is the amount of W-2 income you reported + the amount you paid for the shares. Say when you sell the shares for $100 2 years later and your cost basis is $50, you report a $50 long term capital gain on Schedule D.
edit: I re-worded this answer. For non-qualified ESPP plan (unlike qualified ESPP plan), the discount (whatever %) is immediately taxed as compensation income (W-2 income)
Question: What means imputed income? Has someone knows what is te definition of imputed income? Where I can download the entire U.S. Code formet PDF?
Answer: Imputed income is income you didn't actually earn, but which the IRS taxes you on anyway. An example would be a no-interest loan you give to a relative. The IRS will impute interest and tax you on it.
I doubt you can or would want to download the entire US code. It is thousands of printed pages in many very thick volumes. But try www.usa.gov - if it's anywhere you find a link for it there.
Question: Should young adults receiving tuition/grants/etc. be taxed for those? It is imputed income.? So much of everything else for adults is imputed as income. Why should tuition be any different? If, at high school graduation, my dad gave me $100,000 to start my own business, I would pay tax on that. But if he gave me $100,000 to go to college, it would be tax-free.
How can we lead a movement to start taxing these rich kids that go to school for free?
Answer: Rich kids don't go to school for free there parents pay for it. Also, if they start taxing everyone on money they get for an education people are gonna stop going and the government needs people who are educated in this country not a bunch of uneducated hillbillies.
Question: My paycheck says imputed income and a dollar amount. What does that mean?
Answer: some benefits you receive (like life insurance from your employer) are partially taxable to you. The amount that is taxable to you is "imputed" to you.
Question: Imputed income & Obama ? I was driving around this morning & heard Neal Boortz talking about imputed income, which I'd never heard of before. Here's what he had to say about it:
"This is an idea that the Clinton administration was working on when the Republicans took over. The concept here is to take people who are not in the higher income tax brackets and move them on up, so to speak, by creating income for them out of thin air. That way you can tax them more. The name for this artificial income would be "imputed income," and it would be fully taxable.
Now ... for you homeowners, here is what the Democrats may have in store for you under an Obama-Pelosi-Reid Troika.
Let's say you own your own home. You've had it for some time. Your mortgage payment is $1000 a month. Homes similar to you in your neighborhood rent for $2000 a month. The IRS will tell you that since you are living in your home for $1000 a month less than you would have to pay if you were a renter, that extra $1000 a month is actually income to you, and you should pay income taxes on that money. That would be an extra $12,000 a year on your taxable income line ... maybe enough to shove you into a higher tax category! And think what would happen if you owned your home free and clear? Bingo! $24,000 in imputed income!"
Does anyone think this is a real possibility?
Answer: It does sound like a Socialist / Communist / Liberal / Marxist Democratic IDEA that I am SURE that JUNIOR U.S. Senator Obama would be for !!!
Obama Sheople are all about Change and Hope !! .. They can NOT explain what that REALLY means, but they are for it !!
For those who understand, no explanation is needed.
For those who do not understand, no explanation is possible.
What we DO know .. IS ... By the time that JUNIOR U.S. Senator Obama allows Bush's Tax Cuts to expire ... ALL Taxes will go back to what they were BEFORE the cuts - EVERYONES !!!!
How does JUNIOR U.S. Senator plan on paying for ALL of HIS campaign promises AND finance HIS Global Poverty Act (S.2433) ???
TAXES, TAXES, and MORE TAXES !!!
In the Primaries, CURRENT Democratic VP Nominee - - SENIOR U.S. Senator Biden . . . SAID that JUNIOR U.S. Senator Obama is - NO WHERE NEAR READY to LEAD America !!!
I have seen and heard enough of what JUNIOR U.S. Senator Obama wants to DO TO America !!! . . . Enough to know that HIS ideas and policies for America are NOT GOOD FOR America !!!
MORE than half of ALL TRUE Americans know that JUNIOR U.S. Senator Obama, with 143 DAY of ACTUAL WORK experience as a JUNIOR U.S. Senator, AND NO EXECUTIVE Management Experience, .. is NOT ANY WHERE NEAR READY to be OUR President of the United States of America !!!
The MAIN, bad idea of Obama, that I believe ALL True Americans should research and READ is .. Obama's Global Poverty Act (S.2433) which will surrender America's sovereignty to the United Nations !!
I .. HAVE .. and .. WILL .. Vote for the BEST person for the job !!
JUNIOR U.S. Senator Obama is NOT the Best person to be THE President of THE United States of America !!!
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Why would WE want ANYONE that does not have ANY mangerial experience to TRY to be THE President of THE United States of America ???
Can YOU get over the FACT that JUNIOR U.S. Senator Obama IS going to turn over the sovereignty of the United States to the United Nations ???
ALL ... TRUE Americans need to READ the Global Poverty Act (S.2433) !!!
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Governors MANAGE ENTIRE STATES !!!
JUNIOR U.S. Senators TRY to Legislate !!!
JUNIOR U. S. Senator Obama did NOT complete his FIRST term in office !!
... with just 143 days of ACTUAL experience
... HE decided
... that he DESERVED to be THE President of THE United States of America !!!
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JUNIOR U.S. Senator Obama, the Unions, and the Democrats are sending messages to big business to downsize in America and send more jobs to foreign countries.
Brilliant ideas from JUNIOR U.S. Senator Obama, the Democrats and the Unions (SARCASM) !!!!
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MOST JUNIOR U.S. Senator Obama Supporters do NOT care about his ideals and policies ... they JUST WANT AN AFRICAN AMERICAN as President !!!
I have NO problem voting for an African American or a woman or any other minorty as long as they are the BEST PERSON for the position !!!
JUNIOR U.S. Senator Obama is NOT the BEST person to be OUR President of THE United States of America !!
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JUNIOR U.S. Senator Obama is ANTI-American.
WE NEED to start doing the "REPORT ABUSE" Button on the ABUSIVE Obama Supporters for EVERY LITTLE ... POSSIBLE ... Violation, like they do to the rest of the people on here !!!!
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KS1982
Question: Can someone please explain to me what the *^(0(& imputed income is all about?
Answer: imputed income is actually a little braoder than the previous explanation I just saw. Impued income is any compansation you may recieve that is not in your pay. such as an insurance payment for a domestic partner by your employer. since someone is paying the majority of the premium for a non-relative on your behalf you can be help liable for the tax on that contribution. this would be added to your gross income for the pay period and then after the taxes are calculated it would be deducted from your net. this also can be the case if you have a rewards system with your employer where they give you the option of trading in "pionts" for prizes so to speak. most states will require you to pay the tax due on these items if the value is over 100.00. so again the value is added to your gross pay and then deducted from your net after taxes.
Question: What happens to imputed income from insurance for a domestic partner when we become married? Hi,
My girlfriend (opposite-sex) and I became domestic partners, so that she could get health insurance benefits through my employer. Then, we were married in October.
For the 1st part of the year, the health insurance benefits were reported as imputed income on my paystub, and have been added to my wages on my W2. After we were married, these benefits weren't shown as taxable income.
Now, I'm getting ready to file my taxes, and I'm not sure what to do about the extra reported income (~$3700). Since we are considered married for the year, can I subtract the imputed income that was reported while we were domestic partners? Do I need to ask my employer to re-issue the W2 without the imputed income shown in my wages? Or am I stuck paying taxes on these benefits for the part of the year when we were domestic partners?
The difference in tax we'll pay is over $900, so I appreciate any advice you can offer. Also please reference any Internal Revenue tax code or publication that may clarify this. I haven't been able to find any information on this anywhere.
Thanks!
Answer: You had imputed income for the period of time you were not married.
Question: Child support imputed income? My ex and I have a son together. I am the custodial parent. My ex moved to different state about 1 year ago. Before he moved, he worked as a teacher. Now, he's working at Home Depot at his new state as a sales clerk.
He wanted his CS lowered because he doesn't make the same amount of money as he did when he was a teacher. The judge didn't agree with him and he told my ex that he'll be imputed income based off him being a teacher.
I asked the judge what state is he going to base his findings on. Since my ex never worked as a teacher in his new state the judge told me he didn't know and that he'd have to look at all the numbers and come up with a calculation. My states rules in the guidelines say that income will be imputed based off the parents local job market. His local job market is now his new state. Well, I got the order last week and it shows that the judge based the calculations off him living here, but the rules clearly state that calculations will be imputed based on the parents local job market. Teachers make more there and that would be more income for my son.
He has never been a real dad to my son. I mean the guy moved from him to work at Home Depot as a clerk. He purposely took a lower paying job because he didn't want to pay child support. He's making beans on purpose and he's told me this in numerous conversations. He could easily be a teacher where he lives now.
I have 30 days to appeal the decision. Do I have a chance if I bring up the fact that my state is not his local job market anymore?
Thank you.
Hi ms22notes
I've looked at salary websites as well as looking at his states department of labor and wages site. My son would get 100 more a month, that's 1200 more a year. Is that worth me appealing?
Answer: You should only appeal the decision if you are certain that his new state's teacher-salaries are higher than in your state. You see, there's no point in appealing unless you can get a raise.
However, I am tempted to advise you to leave the judge's decision alone. You've already scored quite a big victory. Judges are often very reluctant to impute income to a non-custodial parent.I will bet that your ex hates that decision so much that HE will appeal it. If he does, then I would advise you to file a cross-appeal, and seek a higher support figure, based on the new state's teacher-salaries.
Question: What are the chances of a Democratic majority enacting IMPUTED Income? This is an idea that the Clinton administration was working on when the Republicans took over. The concept here is to take people who are not in the higher income tax brackets and move them on up, so to speak, by creating income for them out of thin air. That way you can tax them more. The name for this artificial income would be "imputed income," and it would be fully taxable.
Here’s an example of how imputed income would work:
Let's say you own your own home. You've had it for some time. Your mortgage payment is $1000 a month. Homes similar to you in your neighborhood rent for $2000 a month. The IRS will tell you that since you are living in your home for $1000 a month less than you would have to pay if you were a renter, that extra $1000 a month is actually income to you, and you should pay income taxes on that money. That would be an extra $12,000 a year on your taxable income line ... maybe enough to shove you into a higher tax category! And think what would happen if you owned your home free and clear? Bingo! $24,000 in imputed income!
Is this perhaps something that we could look forward to under an Obama regime?
Your thoughts?
Answer: This would constitute a blatant violation of individual liberty by the Government and I would support it.
What are the chances that someone in the Democratic congress will [at least] present this type of idea? Unfortunately, I think there is a good chance for this - say, around 60%.
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