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Form 8879 IRS e-file Signature Authorization
(Rev. January 2021) OMB No. 1545-0074
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ERO must obtain and retain completed Form 8879.
Department of the Treasury
a Go to www.irs.gov/Form8879 for the latest information.
Internal Revenue Service

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Submission Identification Number (SID) 53003220240872615794
Taxpayer’s name Social security number

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Spouse’s name Spouse’s social security number

Part I Tax Return Information — Tax Year Ending December 31, 2023 (Enter year you are authorizing.)
Enter whole dollars only on lines 1 through 5.
Note: Form 1040-SS filers use line 4 only. Leave lines 1, 2, 3, and 5 blank.
1 Adjusted gross income . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 191000
2 Total tax . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 35916
3 Federal income tax withheld from Form(s) W-2 and Form(s) 1099 . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 37875
4 Amount you want refunded to you . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 160459
5 Amount you owe . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
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Form 8879 (Rev. 01-2021)
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 1040 U.S. Individual Income Tax Return 2023
Form Department of the Treasury—Internal Revenue Service

OMB No. 1545-0074 IRS Use Only—Do not write or staple in this space.

For the year Jan. 1–Dec. 31, 2023, or other tax year beginning , 2023, ending , 20 See separate instructions.
Your first name and middle initial Last name Your social security number
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If joint return, spouse’s first name and middle initial Last name Spouse’s social security number

Home address (number and street). If you have a P.O. box, see instructions. Apt. no. Presidential Election Campaign
101 MULBERRY STREET A206 Check here if you, or your
City, town, or post office. If you have a foreign address, also complete spaces below. State ZIP code spouse if filing jointly, want $3
to go to this fund. Checking a
GREENVILLE SC 29601 box below will not change
Foreign country name Foreign province/state/county Foreign postal code your tax or refund.
You Spouse

Filing Status x Single Head of household (HOH)

Married filing jointly (even if only one had income)
Check only
one box. Married filing separately (MFS) Qualifying surviving spouse (QSS)
If you checked the MFS box, enter the name of your spouse. If you checked the HOH or QSS box, enter the child’s name if the
qualifying person is a child but not your dependent:

Digital At any time during 2023, did you: (a) receive (as a reward, award, or payment for property or services); or (b) sell,
Assets exchange, or otherwise dispose of a digital asset (or a financial interest in a digital asset)? (See instructions.) . Yes X No
Standard Someone can claim: You as a dependent Your spouse as a dependent
Deduction Spouse itemizes on a separate return or you were a dual-status alien

Age/Blindness You: Were born before January 2, 1959 Are blind Spouse: Was born before January 2, 1959 Is blind
Dependents (see instructions): (2) Social security (3) Relationship (4) Check the box if qualifies for (see instructions):
(1) First name Last name number to you Child tax credit Credit for other dependents
If more
than four
dependents,
see instructions
and check
here . .

Income 1a Total amount from Form(s) W-2, box 1 (see instructions) . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1a 96000
b Household employee wages not reported on Form(s) W-2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1b
Attach Form(s)
W-2 here. Also c Tip income not reported on line 1a (see instructions) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1c
attach Forms d Medicaid waiver payments not reported on Form(s) W-2 (see instructions) . . . . . . . . 1d
W-2G and
1099-R if tax e Taxable dependent care benefits from Form 2441, line 26 . . . . . . . . . . . . 1e
was withheld. f Employer-provided adoption benefits from Form 8839, line 29 . . . . . . . . . . . 1f
If you did not g Wages from Form 8919, line 6 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1g
get a Form
W-2, see
h Other earned income (see instructions) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1h
instructions. i Nontaxable combat pay election (see instructions) . . . . . . . 1i
z Add lines 1a through 1h . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1z 96000
Attach Sch. B 2a Tax-exempt interest . . . 2a b Taxable interest . . . . . 2b
if required. 3a Qualified dividends . . . 3a b Ordinary dividends . . . . . 3b
4a IRA distributions . . . . 4a b Taxable amount . . . . . . 4b
Standard
Deduction for— 5a Pensions and annuities . . 5a b Taxable amount . . . . . . 5b
• Single or 6a Social security benefits . . 6a b Taxable amount . . . . . . 6b
Married filing
separately, c If you elect to use the lump-sum election method, check here (see instructions) . . . . .
$13,850 7 Capital gain or (loss). Attach Schedule D if required. If not required, check here . . . . . 7
• Married filing
jointly or 8 Additional income from Schedule 1, line 10 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 95000
Qualifying
surviving spouse, 9 Add lines 1z, 2b, 3b, 4b, 5b, 6b, 7, and 8. This is your total income . . . . . . . . . . 9 191000
$27,700 10 Adjustments to income from Schedule 1, line 26 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
• Head of
household, 11 Subtract line 10 from line 9. This is your adjusted gross income . . . . . . . . . . 11 191000
$20,800
• If you checked
12 Standard deduction or itemized deductions (from Schedule A) . . . . . . . . . . 12 13850
any box under 13 Qualified business income deduction from Form 8995 or Form 8995-A . . . . . . . . . 13
Standard
Deduction, 14 Add lines 12 and 13 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14 13850
see instructions.
15 Subtract line 14 from line 11. If zero or less, enter -0-. This is your taxable income . . . . . 15 177150
For Disclosure, Privacy Act, and Paperwork Reduction Act Notice, see separate instructions. Form 1040 (2023)

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Tax and 16 Tax (see instructions). Check if any from Form(s): 1 8814 2 4972 3 . . 16 35916
Credits 17 Amount from Schedule 2, line 3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
18 Add lines 16 and 17 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18 35916
19 Child tax credit or credit for other dependents from Schedule 8812 . . . . . . . . . . 19
20 Amount from Schedule 3, line 8 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
21 Add lines 19 and 20 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
22 Subtract line 21 from line 18. If zero or less, enter -0- . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22 35916
23 Other taxes, including self-employment tax, from Schedule 2, line 21 . . . . . . . . . 23 0
24 Add lines 22 and 23. This is your total tax . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24 35916
Payments 25 Federal income tax withheld from:
a Form(s) W-2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25a 37875
b Form(s) 1099 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25b
c Other forms (see instructions) . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25c
d Add lines 25a through 25c . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25d 37875
If you have a 26 2023 estimated tax payments and amount applied from 2022 return . . . . . . . . . . 26 158500
qualifying child, 27 Earned income credit (EIC) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
attach Sch. EIC.
28 Additional child tax credit from Schedule 8812 . . . . . . . . 28
29 American opportunity credit from Form 8863, line 8 . . . . . . . 29
30 Reserved for future use . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
31 Amount from Schedule 3, line 15 . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
32 Add lines 27, 28, 29, and 31. These are your total other payments and refundable credits . . 32
33 Add lines 25d, 26, and 32. These are your total payments . . . . . . . . . . . . 33 196375
Refund 34 If line 33 is more than line 24, subtract line 24 from line 33. This is the amount you overpaid . . 34 160459
35a Amount of line 34 you want refunded to you. If Form 8888 is attached, check here . . . . 35a 160459
Direct deposit? b Routing number 0 2 1 2 0 1 3 8 3 c Type: X Checking Savings
See instructions.
d Account number 3 9 1 1 1 2 8 8 0 0
36 Amount of line 34 you want applied to your 2024 estimated tax . . . 36
Amount 37 Subtract line 33 from line 24. This is the amount you owe.
You Owe For details on how to pay, go to www.irs.gov/Payments or see instructions . . . . . . . . 37
38 Estimated tax penalty (see instructions) . . . . . . . . . . 38
Third Party Do you want to allow another person to discuss this return with the IRS? See
Designee instructions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Yes. Complete below. No
Designee’s Phone Personal identification
name no. number (PIN)

Sign Under penalties of perjury, I declare that I have examined this return and accompanying schedules and statements, and to the best of my knowledge and
belief, they are true, correct, and complete. Declaration of preparer (other than taxpayer) is based on all information of which preparer has any knowledge.
Here Your signature Date Your occupation If the IRS sent you an Identity
Protection PIN, enter it here
(see inst.)
Joint return? VETERIANARIAN 018615
See instructions. Spouse’s signature. If a joint return, both must sign. Date Spouse’s occupation If the IRS sent your spouse an
Keep a copy for Identity Protection PIN, enter it here
your records. (see inst.)

Phone no. (971) 278-7682 Email address BRIT.LEW.I.S.1.0Q@GMAIL.COM

Preparer’s name Preparer’s signature Date PTIN Check if:
Paid Self-employed
Preparer
Firm’s name Phone no.
Use Only
Firm’s address Firm’s EIN
Go to www.irs.gov/Form1040 for instructions and the latest information. Form 1040 (2023)

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SCHEDULE 1 OMB No. 1545-0074
Additional Income and Adjustments to Income
(Form 1040)
Department of the Treasury
Attach to Form 1040, 1040-SR, or 1040-NR. 2023
Attachment
Go to www.irs.gov/Form1040 for instructions and the latest information.
Internal Revenue Service Sequence No. 01
Name(s) shown on Form 1040, 1040-SR, or 1040-NR Your social security number
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Part I Additional Income
1 Taxable refunds, credits, or offsets of state and local income taxes . . . . . . . . . 1
2a Alimony received . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2a
b Date of original divorce or separation agreement (see instructions):
3 Business income or (loss). Attach Schedule C . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
4 Other gains or (losses). Attach Form 4797 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
5 Rental real estate, royalties, partnerships, S corporations, trusts, etc. Attach Schedule E . 5 95000
6 Farm income or (loss). Attach Schedule F . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
7 Unemployment compensation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
8 Other income:
a Net operating loss . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8a ( )
b Gambling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8b
c Cancellation of debt . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8c
d Foreign earned income exclusion from Form 2555 . . . . . . . 8d ( )
e Income from Form 8853 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8e
f Income from Form 8889 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8f
g Alaska Permanent Fund dividends . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8g
h Jury duty pay . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8h
i Prizes and awards . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8i
j Activity not engaged in for profit income . . . . . . . . . . . 8j
k Stock options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8k
l Income from the rental of personal property if you engaged in the rental
for profit but were not in the business of renting such property . . . 8l
m Olympic and Paralympic medals and USOC prize money (see
instructions) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8m
n Section 951(a) inclusion (see instructions) . . . . . . . . . . 8n
o Section 951A(a) inclusion (see instructions) . . . . . . . . . . 8o
p Section 461(l) excess business loss adjustment . . . . . . . . 8p
q Taxable distributions from an ABLE account (see instructions) . . . 8q
r Scholarship and fellowship grants not reported on Form W-2 . . . 8r
s Nontaxable amount of Medicaid waiver payments included on Form
1040, line 1a or 1d . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8s ( )
t Pension or annuity from a nonqualifed deferred compensation plan or
a nongovernmental section 457 plan . . . . . . . . . . . . 8t
u Wages earned while incarcerated . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8u
z Other income. List type and amount:
8z
9 Total other income. Add lines 8a through 8z . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
10 Combine lines 1 through 7 and 9. This is your additional income. Enter here and on Form
1040, 1040-SR, or 1040-NR, line 8 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 95000
For Paperwork Reduction Act Notice, see your tax return instructions. Schedule 1 (Form 1040) 2023
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Part II Adjustments to Income

11 Educator expenses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
12 Certain business expenses of reservists, performing artists, and fee-basis government
officials. Attach Form 2106 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
13 Health savings account deduction. Attach Form 8889 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
14 Moving expenses for members of the Armed Forces. Attach Form 3903 . . . . . . . 14
15 Deductible part of self-employment tax. Attach Schedule SE . . . . . . . . . . . 15
16 Self-employed SEP, SIMPLE, and qualified plans . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
17 Self-employed health insurance deduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
18 Penalty on early withdrawal of savings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
19a Alimony paid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19a
b Recipient’s SSN . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
c Date of original divorce or separation agreement (see instructions):
20 IRA deduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
21 Student loan interest deduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
22 Reserved for future use . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
23 Archer MSA deduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
24 Other adjustments:
a Jury duty pay (see instructions) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24a
b Deductible expenses related to income reported on line 8l from the
rental of personal property engaged in for profit . . . . . . . . 24b
c Nontaxable amount of the value of Olympic and Paralympic medals
and USOC prize money reported on line 8m . . . . . . . . . . 24c
d Reforestation amortization and expenses . . . . . . . . . . . 24d
e Repayment of supplemental unemployment benefits under the Trade
Act of 1974 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24e
f Contributions to section 501(c)(18)(D) pension plans . . . . . . . 24f
g Contributions by certain chaplains to section 403(b) plans . . . . 24g
h Attorney fees and court costs for actions involving certain unlawful
discrimination claims (see instructions) . . . . . . . . . . . . 24h
i Attorney fees and court costs you paid in connection with an award
from the IRS for information you provided that helped the IRS detect
tax law violations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24i
j Housing deduction from Form 2555 . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24j
k Excess deductions of section 67(e) expenses from Schedule K-1 (Form
1041) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24k
z Other adjustments. List type and amount:
24z
25 Total other adjustments. Add lines 24a through 24z . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
26 Add lines 11 through 23 and 25. These are your adjustments to income. Enter here and on
Form 1040, 1040-SR, or 1040-NR, line 10 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
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SCHEDULE E Supplemental Income and Loss OMB No. 1545-0074

2023
(Form 1040) (From rental real estate, royalties, partnerships, S corporations, estates, trusts, REMICs, etc.)
Department of the Treasury Attach to Form 1040, 1040-SR, 1040-NR, or 1041.
Attachment
Internal Revenue Service Go to www.irs.gov/ScheduleE for instructions and the latest information. Sequence No. 13
Name(s) shown on return Your social security number
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Part I Income or Loss From Rental Real Estate and Royalties
Note: If you are in the business of renting personal property, use Schedule C. See instructions. If you are an individual, report farm
rental income or loss from Form 4835 on page 2, line 40.
A Did you make any payments in 2023 that would require you to file Form(s) 1099? See instructions . . . . . Yes X No
B If “Yes,” did you or will you file required Form(s) 1099? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Yes No
1a Physical address of each property (street, city, state, ZIP code)
A 101 MULBERRY STREET APT A206 GREENVIL Link:1
B
C
1b Type of Property 2 For each rental real estate property listed Fair Rental Personal Use QJV
(from list below) above, report the number of fair rental and Days Days
A 8 personal use days. Check the QJV box only A 90 20
B if you meet the requirements to file as a
B
qualified joint venture. See instructions.
C C
Type of Property:
1 Single Family Residence 3 Vacation/Short-Term Rental 5 Land 7 Self-Rental
2 Multi-Family Residence 4 Commercial 6 Royalties 8 Other (describe) VETERIANARIAN
Properties:
Income: A B C
3 Rents received . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 95000
4 Royalties received . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
Expenses:
5 Advertising . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
6 Auto and travel (see instructions) . . . . . . . 6
7 Cleaning and maintenance . . . . . . . . . . 7
8 Commissions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
9 Insurance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
10 Legal and other professional fees . . . . . . . 10
11 Management fees . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
12 Mortgage interest paid to banks, etc. (see instructions) 12
13 Other interest . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
14 Repairs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
15 Supplies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
16 Taxes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
17 Utilities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
18 Depreciation expense or depletion . . . . . . . 18
19 Other (list) 19
20 Total expenses. Add lines 5 through 19 . . . . . 20
21 Subtract line 20 from line 3 (rents) and/or 4 (royalties). If
result is a (loss), see instructions to find out if you must
file Form 6198 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21 95000
22 Deductible rental real estate loss after limitation, if any,
on Form 8582 (see instructions) . . . . . . . . 22 ( )( )( )
23a Total of all amounts reported on line 3 for all rental properties . . . . 23a 95000
b Total of all amounts reported on line 4 for all royalty properties . . . . 23b
c Total of all amounts reported on line 12 for all properties . . . . . . 23c
d Total of all amounts reported on line 18 for all properties . . . . . . 23d
e Total of all amounts reported on line 20 for all properties . . . . . . 23e
24 Income. Add positive amounts shown on line 21. Do not include any losses . . . . . . . 24 95000
25 Losses. Add royalty losses from line 21 and rental real estate losses from line 22. Enter total losses here 25 ( )
26 Total rental real estate and royalty income or (loss). Combine lines 24 and 25. Enter the result
here. If Parts II, III, and IV, and line 40 on page 2 do not apply to you, also enter this amount on
Schedule 1 (Form 1040), line 5. Otherwise, include this amount in the total on line 41 on page 2 . 26 95000
For Paperwork Reduction Act Notice, see the separate instructions. Schedule E (Form 1040) 2023
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