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Kofi Allon, who is $32$ years old and single, is employed as a technical consultant for a large electronics distributor. He lives at $678$ Birch Street, LaMesa, CA $91941.$ Kofi$$s Social Security number is $412-34-5670($date of birth $5/29/1990).$

Kofi$$s W$-2$ contained the following information:

Wages $($box $1)=$$ $75,530\mathrm{.}26$Federal W$/$H $($box $2)=$$ $8,994\mathrm{.}58$Social Security wages $($box $3)=$$ $75,530\mathrm{.}26$Social Security W$/$H $($box $4)=$$ $4,682\mathrm{.}88$Medicare wages $($box $5)=$$ $75,530\mathrm{.}26$Medicare W$/$H $($box $6)=$$ $1,095\mathrm{.}18$

Kofi$$s other income includes interest on a money market account at the San Diego Credit Union of $$335$ and $$285$ in interest on a certificate of deposit at the Bank of California. He also made alimony payments of $$725$ per month to his ex$-$wife for $10$ months for a divorce agreement that was finalized on February $21,2023.($Marta Tombe, Social Security number $412-34-5673).$

In addition, he had the following other expenses for $2023$:

Home mortgage interest$ $8,760$Auto loan interest$1,325$Credit card interest$730$Property taxes on personal residence$2,342$State income taxes$2,050$Unreimbursed hospital bills$6,300$Doctor bills$2,760$Other qualifying medical expenses$725$Income tax preparation fee$425$Job$-$hunting expenses$925$Cash donations to his church $($made ratably over the year and no single contribution was greater than $$250)885$

In July of $2023,$ Kofi$$s house was broken into and his vintage $1961$ Fender Stratocaster guitar was stolen. The guitar had a current fair market value of $$16,800,$ and Kofi had paid $$7,500$ for the instrument in May of $2008.$ The guitar was uninsured.

Required:

Prepare a Form $1040$ and a Schedule A for Kofi. Use the appropriate Tax Tables.

Note: Input all the values as positive numbers. Round your final answers to the nearest whole dollar amount. Instructions can be found on certain cells within the forms. Focusing on answer to lines, $2$b$,12,15,16,18,21,34,35$a in form $1040.$ Then line $17$ in Schedule A$.$

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