Maria works part-time as an office cleaner and Jack works in the tuck shop of the apartment building where he lives.

1. Maria earns $8,234 a year as a part-time office cleaner. She has no deductions so this is also her taxable income. Her federal income tax will be 16% of this amount. How much does she calculate her tax is? (Remember, you need to have two decimal digits for the cents in the answer.)

2. Jack has been working in the tuck shop in his apartment building. He works 38 hours a week and is paid $7.73 an hour. He worked 50 weeks last year.
   
   What is his weekly salary?
   
   If he worked 50 weeks, how much would he get?
   
   Since he can make no deductions, this will be Jack's taxable income. How much tax does he calculate? Find 16% of the money Jack has earned.
   
   These are the amounts that Maria and Jack would enter on line 1 of Schedule 1.

You can do the same thing for your own income if you wish. You can enter your taxable income on line 1 of our simplified Schedule 1, and then do the calculations .