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To understand Adjusted Gross Income in a better way, the first thing you need is to be familiar with the following terms and/or their purpose:
- IRS (Internal Revenue Service)
- Tax/Income Tax
- W2 Form and 1040 Forms
What is Adjusted Gross Income (AGI)?
After consuming all-expense either in running a company or individual gross income. Every government especially in U.K and US countries where TAX return is very important – must maintain sheet using either W2 or other ways.
Quick Facts:
- Understand either you are eligible for paying TAX or not
- What is gross income at the end of the year after deduction all accrual expenses
- Without any technical knowledge, just the basics of accounting
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Steps To Calculate Your AGI – Adjusted Gross Income Using W-2 Form
You have to watch the video for understanding W2 system. Already thousands of individuals using this for managing their taxation system at the end of the year.
Internal Revenue Service:
Let’s start from IRS, The Internal Revenue Service is a federal agency that operates under the Department of Treasury. It operates for a wide range of financing functionalities but for now, we’re only focusing on the taxation.
A state induces tax on its people in return of the services they provide them with. It’s pretty much how the world works.
Tax/Income Tax:
The government introduces the liability of taxation on its people and in return provide them a service. This tax is either directly payable out of the income, known as Direct Tax or Income Tax or in a form of indirect tax.
An indirect tax is a small percentage deduction while purchasing an item.
W2 Form and 1040 Forms:
Every employer in the United States has to report yearly wage and withholding taxes to its employee. The IRS has described certain standards for this job.
In other words, w2 is the form your employer sends to you at the start of each year reporting your wages and withholding tax for that year.
In return, the income tax return you may have to file with any pending taxes et cetera uses a 1040 series’ form.
Adjusted Gross Income:
Finally arriving on to Adjusted Gross Income, it is a certain measurement the IRS uses to determine whether you can claim certain deductions and credits in return of your taxation. The IRS also uses AGI (Adjusted Gross Income) to determine if you can claim the amounts you’re eligible for.
To further illustrate, consider the following formula:
(AGI) – Adjusted Gross Income = Income – Specific Tax Deductions
You may use the above formula to calculate your AGI using the figures on your W2 Form. In my opinion, it’s best to let the Tax managing companies do this job for you.
In simpler words, the government may use AGI to make sure of the following:
- Is the employee paying taxes?
- Is the employee paying the right amount of taxes?
- Is the employee getting the services promised for his taxation?
- Is the employee getting the right amount and quality of services promised for his taxation?
Furthermore, your AGI will also have an impact on the amount of itemized tax deductions you can report. In other words, your AGI can also affect the amount you claim of itemized tax deductions. Hence, IRS is also responsible for reducing/increasing your expenses by a percentage of your AGI.
An Employee’s federal AGI can also have an impact on his/her state return. Many states use federal AGI as a starting point for calculating your state taxable income and your eligibility to claim the deduction.
MAGI (Modified Adjusted Gross Income):
Before summing up you should know that for certain tax deductions, the IRS uses a calculation called MAGI or Modified Adjusted Gross Income.
Your MAGI can change based on the deduction, but it’s essentially your AGI plus any deductions the IRS requires you to add back, like tax-exempt interest income. Calculating your MAGI helps to determine if you qualify for these deductions.
MAGI = AGI + Tax-Exempt Interest Income
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