Kevin is a single person who earns $70,000 in salary for 2018 and has other income from a variety of investments, as follows:Bank savings account interest$5,500Interest from State of Missouri Bonds3,500Dividends from XYZ Corp.7,000Kevin received tax refunds when he filed his 2017 tax returns in April 2018. His federal refund was $600 and his state refund was $300. Kevin included his state taxes paid in 2017 in his $13,000 of itemized deduction on his 2017 return. Due to changes in circumstances, Kevin is not itemizing deductions on his 2018 return. Compute Kevin's taxable income for 2018.

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Salary$70,000 
Bank interest5,500 
Dividends7,000 
State refund  300 
AGI$82,800 
Standard deduction(12,000)
Taxable income$70,800 
The interest from the municipal bond is excluded. The state income tax refund is included under the tax benefit rule.

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