1. Nancy gave her grandson, Sean, twenty acres of land. Her tax basis in the land was $25,000. Nancy's marginal tax rate for the current year is 45%; her grandson's is 25%.Its fair market value was $575,000 at the date of the transfer. If the gift tax rate is 40% and she has never made a gift in excess of $10,000 before this, what amount of gift tax will she pay? What is their net tax savings percentage as a family unit if Sean sells the land?


2. Tom and Judy Bell, who file jointly, collected $6,000 of Social Security benefits, $18,000 in fully taxable pension payments and $10,000 of tax-exempt interest. How much of their Social Security is included in gross income? How would this change if they had received $20,000 in tax-exempt interest?