ben is employed as a carpenter and his wife, Marilyn is a self-employed consultant. besides...

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ben is employed as a carpenter and his wife, Marilyn is a self-employed consultant. besides Ben's salary, ben and Marilyn own a condominium that they only rent to tourists. This year they paid $2200 for utilities in the condo. Marilyn also paid self-employment tax of $4200 and ben had $3000 of social security taxes withheld from his pay. which of the following is a true statement?
One-half of Ben's social security is deductible for AGI.
The cost of the utilities is deductible for AGI.
None of Mailyn's self employment tax is deductible.
Only the $2200 utility bill is deductible for AGI.

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