Reference no: EM132709896

Problem 1: All of the following people will have to pay tax by instalments this year, except:

a) Blake Fortin, who established a sole proprietorship two years ago. Blake had a very successful first year and, as result, he had net tax owing that year of $85,000. Business dropped in his second year, resulting in net tax owing of only $1,500. This year, business has picked up again and he expects to have net tax owing of $53,000.

b) Karen Phillips, who has started to earn investment income, which resulted in net tax owing of $3,100 last year. Her investment income is expected to be even greater this year.

c) Terri Jones, who has had net taxable capital gains on real estate in excess of $40,000 in each of the last two years, and who expects to have similar gains this year.

d) Jane White, who received a one-time bonus of $60,000 last year and, because her employer had not deducted enough tax, found herself with net tax owing of $8,200.