STRAYER ACC565 FULL COURSE [ ALL DISCUSSIONS ALL ASSIGNMENTS MIDTERM AND FINAL EXAM] Question # 00056811 Posted By: spqr Updated on: 03/24/2015 02:21 AM Due on: 04/12/2015 Subject Accounting Topic Accounting Tutorials: 1 See full Answer Question $WEEK 1"Interpreting Tax Research and Tax Representation Guidelines" Please respond to the following:From the e-Activity, evaluate the importance of the principal issue litigated in the case in question using the tax research steps outlined in Appendix A of your text.Compare the American Institute of CPAs’ (AICPA) Statements on Tax Standards (SSTS) and the Treasury Department Circular 230 rules to practice before the Internal Revenue Service (IRS). Suggest which document creates better guidance in the preparation of tax returns and written advice provided to taxpayers.WEEK 2"Transfers to Controlled Corporations and Related Party Losses" Based on the lecture, address the following:Create a scenario where the transfer of property to a controlled corporation under Section 351 of the Internal Revenue Code (IRC) results in the taxation to the transferor. Evaluate the fairness of the taxation of the transaction to the transferor. Provide a tax-planning strategy to prevent taxation of similar transfers.Section 267 of the IRC disallows a deduction on losses realized on the sale of property and a deduction for accrued expenses between a corporation and a controlling shareholder. Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP) does not include this disallowance provision. Create an argument for allowing a loss on a sales transaction between a controlled corporation and shareholder when the transaction includes an independent appraisal and the loss is similar to losses incurred in arm’s length transactions. Provide an example of allowing such loss to support your argument.WEEK 3"Preferred Stock Bailouts and Personal Holding Company" Please respond to the following:From your analysis of Section 306 in the e-Activity, differentiate between the tax treatment of earnings and profit on the distributing corporation of both a sale of Section 306 stock and redemption of Section 306 stock. Suggest the most important reasons for this differentiation in tax treatment.Per the text, the personal holding company (PHC) tax penalizes taxpayers who enter into tax-motivated transactions designed to shelter passive income of closely held corporations from higher individual tax rates. Suppose you represent a professional athlete who is the majority owner of a corporation. The corporation has several personal service contracts with advertising agencies and endorsements for your client in addition to passive income. Propose a plan in which you eliminate the potential for the PHC tax on the client’s corporation.WEEK 4"Corporate Liquidations, Taxable Acquisition Transactions, and Nontaxable Reorganizations" Please respond to the following:From the e-Activity, evaluate the appropriateness of the techniques used and the common issues pursued by the IRS in corporate liquidations and dissolutions. Create an argument to defend the client if the IRS pursues the assignment of income doctrine or the clear reflection of income doctrine on a cash-basis corporation, as reflected in the Examining Officers Guide (EOG).IRC Section 338 allows a deemed sale election generating immediate taxation to the target corporation and a stepped-up or stepped-down basis to the price paid by the acquiring corporation for the target corporation stock plus liabilities on the deemed sale. Examine at least one (1) benefit of a Section IRC 338 liquidation election for a target corporation. Create a situation which demonstrates a favorable IRC Section 338 liquidation election for a target corporation.WEEK 5Imagine that you were a preparer of a clients return and was unable to gain access to a document needed to support a transaction. You had asked the client numerous times for this item and you were finally presented with an email from the CEO stating that the deduction was allowable. Would you feel comfortable with this documentation? What would be needed in order to bring you to a level of confidence with allowing this item to become part of a return. Support your answer with primary rules and guidance through citations and referencesWEEK 7WEEK 7"S Corporation" Please respond to the following:Per the text and IRC, losses and deductions of an S corporation pass through to the shareholders of the corporation and are limited to the shareholders’ basis in the S corporation. Suggest a plan for a client to increase the deductible pass through loss and deductions over the initial investment from a new wholly owned S corporation.From the e-Activity, differentiate between the treatment of S corporation distributions from corporations having no earnings and profits, and corporations having accumulated earnings and profits. Suggest the most significant reason for the difference in the treatment of distributions. Justify your response.WEEK 9"Fairness of the Federal Estate Tax and Income and Principal in Fiduciary Accounting" Please respond to the following:Per the text, several arguments exist for the repeal of the estate tax. From the e-Activity, defend the most significant argument advanced in the repeal of the estate tax by its opponents. Justify your response.The Uniform Principal and Income Act of 2000 (Uniform Act) allows the trustee to make adjustments between the principal and income accounts as necessary under certain requirements. Examine the major reasoning for allowing such transfers by the trustee and recommend alternatives to the allowance of the adjustments. Justify your response.WEEK 8"Gift Transfers and Gift Tax Planning" Please respond to the following:Per the text and IRC, a gift occurs when the transfer of property is complete and the gift is valued at the date of the transfer. Imagine a scenario in which a client creates an irrevocable trust for his two (2) grandchildren to ensure college education expenses are paid. The trust agreement requires the distribution of the income from the trust directly to the college or university the grandchildren attend for tuition while they are in college and directly to the grandchildren until age twenty-five (25) after completing college. The income from the trust is distributed directly to the grandchildren until they reach age twenty-five (25), if they do not attend college. When the grandchildren celebrate their twenty-fifth (25th) birthday, the income stream distribution reverts to the client’s spouse, and the spouse receives the property upon the death of the client. Examine the gift tax consequences of the transaction based on the use of the irrevocable trust, as compared to direct payments to the grandchildren.Per the text, gift tax-planning strategies can reduce tax for estate tax-planning purposes. Estate tax planning is very important for wealthy clients. Examine one (1) tax-planning strategy that a CPA could use for lifetime giving that would reduce overall estate and gift taxes for a client.WEEK 9"Fairness of the Federal Estate Tax and Income and Principal in Fiduciary Accounting" Please respond to the following:Per the text, several arguments exist for the repeal of the estate tax. From the e-Activity, defend the most significant argument advanced in the repeal of the estate tax by its opponents. Justify your response.The Uniform Principal and Income Act of 2000 (Uniform Act) allows the trustee to make adjustments between the principal and income accounts as necessary under certain requirements. Examine the major reasoning for allowing such transfers by the trustee and recommend alternatives to the allowance of the adjustments. Justify your response.WEEK 10"Criminal Fraud versus Civil Fraud and Taxation of U.S. Businesses Operating Abroad" Please respond to the following:Imagine a situation in which a client under audit by the IRS omitted $100,000 in income. From the e-Activity, examine the major factors relative to the omission by the client that would result in a criminal investigation, rather than a civil fraud proposal by the IRS.Per the text, a U.S. parent company does not include the income of a foreign subsidiary until the income is repatriated as dividends. Defend the creation of foreign subsidiaries as a mechanism to defer income of major U.S. companies. Propose a new tax law that will benefit the U.S. Treasury from the deferral of income from foreign subsidiaries and encourage the repatriation of the previously deferred income.WEEK 11WEEK 11"Learning Experience and Application of Knowledge" Please respond to the following:Assume you have the power to make reforms to the way tax research and planning is currently conducted. Propose the reforms you would make. Justify your response.Speculate on the most significant changes you expect to see in the tax code over the next five (5) years. Explain your reasoning.Assignment 4: Tax-Planning Client Letter on Irrevocable Trusts, Gift Tax, and Estate TaxDue Week 10 and worth 150 pointsSuppose you are a CPA, and your client has requested advice regarding establishing an irrevocable trust for his two (2) grandchildren. He wants the income from the trust paid to the children for 20 years and the principal distributed to the children at the end of 20 years.Use the Internet and Strayer databases to research the rules regarding irrevocable trusts, gift tax, and estate tax. Be sure to use the six (6) step tax research process in Chapter 1 and demonstrated in Appendix A of your textbook as a guide for your written response.Write a one to two (1-2) page letter in which you:Analyze the effect of an irrevocable trust on the gift tax and future estate taxes.Suggest other significant alternatives that the client could use both to reduce estate tax and to maximize potential advantages of the payment of gift taxes on transfers of property.Use the six (6) step tax research process, located in Chapter 1 and demonstrated in Appendix A of the textbook, to record your research for communications to the client.Your assignment must follow these formatting requirements:Be typed, double spaced, using Times New Roman font (size 12), with one-inch margins on all sides; citations and references must follow APA or school-specific format. Check with your professor for any additional instructions.Include a cover page containing the title of the assignment, the student’s name, the professor’s name, the course title, and the date. The cover page and the reference page are not included in the required assignment page length.The specific course learning outcomes associated with this assignment are:Prepare client, internal, and administrative documents that appropriately convey the results of tax research and planning.Create an approach to tax research that results in credible and current resources.Analyze tax issues regarding the gift tax and the estate tax.Analyze tax issues regarding trusts and estates.Use technology and information resources to research issues in organizational tax research and planning.Write clearly and concisely about organizational tax research and planning using proper writing mechanics.Click here to view the grading rubric for this assignment.WEEK 7Assignment 3: Reorganizations and Consolidated Tax ReturnsDue Week 7 and worth 250 pointsSuppose you are a CPA, and you have a corporate client that has been operating for several years. The company is considering expansion through reorganizations. The company currently has two (2) subsidiaries acquired through Type B reorganizations. The client has asked you for tax advice on the benefit of a Type A, C, or D reorganization over a Type B reorganization. Additional facts regarding the issues are reflected below.The company currently files a consolidated income tax return with the two (2) subsidiaries acquired through a Type B reorganization.ABC Corporation, a subsidiary targeted by the client for takeover, has substantial net operating losses.XYZ Corporation and BB Corporation will be acquired as subsidiaries in the next six (6) months.Use the Internet and Strayer databases to research the rules and income tax laws regarding Types A, B, C, and D reorganizations and consolidated tax returns. Be sure to use the six (6) step tax research process in Chapter 1 and demonstrated in Appendix A of your textbook as a guide for your written response.Write a four to six (4-6) page paper in which you:Compare the long-term tax benefits and advantages of each type of reorganization, and recommend the type of reorganization that will be most beneficial to the client.Suggest the type of reorganization the client should use for the ABC Corporation based on your research. Justify the response.Propose a taxable acquisition structure for the client’s planned acquisitions over a nontaxable reorganization. Assess the value of a taxable transaction over a nontaxable reorganization for the client.Examine the value and limitations of including the ABC Corporation if acquired as a wholly owned subsidiary in the consolidated return, and provide a recommendation to your client. Support the recommendation with applicable research.Create a scenario that will allow the client to reduce any disadvantages from filing a consolidated return as a member of a controlled group.Use the six (6) step tax research process, located in Chapter 1 and demonstrated in Appendix A of the textbook, to record your research for communications to the client.Your assignment must follow these formatting requirements:Be typed, double spaced, using Times New Roman font (size 12), with one-inch margins on all sides; citations and references must follow APA or school-specific format. Check with your professor for any additional instructions.Include a cover page containing the title of the assignment, the student’s name, the professor’s name, the course title, and the date. The cover page and the reference page are not included in the required assignment page length.The specific course learning outcomes associated with this assignment are:Prepare client, internal, and administrative documents that appropriately convey the results of tax research and planning.Evaluate tax-planning strategies related to liquidating distributions, acquisitions, and reorganizations.Create an approach to tax research that results in credible and current resources.Research and analyze tax issues regarding consolidated tax returns.Use technology and information resources to research issues in organizational tax research and planning.Write clearly and concisely about organizational tax research and planning using proper writing mechanics.Click here to view the grading rubric for this assignment.WEEK 4Assignment 2: Constructive Dividends, Redemptions, and Related Party LossesDue Week 4 and worth 200 pointsSuppose you are a CPA hired to represent a client that is currently under examination by the IRS. The client is the president and 95% shareholder of a building supply sales and warehousing business. He also owns 50% of the stock of a construction company. The client’s son owns the remaining 50% of the stock of the construction company. The client has received a Notice of Proposed Adjustments (NPA) on three (3) significant issues related to the building supply business for the years under examination. The issues identified in the NPA are unreasonable compensation, stock redemptions, and a rental loss. Additional facts regarding the issues are reflected below:Unreasonable compensation: The taxpayer receives a salary of $10 million composed of a $5 million base salary plus 5% of gross receipts not to exceed $5 million. The total gross receipts of the building supply business are $300 million. The NPA by the IRS disallows the salary based on 5% of gross receipts as a constructive dividend.Stock redemptions: During the audit period, the construction company redeemed 50% of the outstanding stock owned by the client and 50% of the stock owned by the client’s son, leaving each with the same ownership percentage of 50%. The IRS treated the redemption as a distribution under Section 301 of the IRC.Rental loss: The rental loss results from a building leased to the construction company owned by the client and his son.Use the Internet and Strayer databases to research the rules and income tax laws regarding unreasonable compensation, stock redemptions treated as dividends and related party losses. Be sure to use the six (6) step tax research process in Chapter 1 and demonstrated in Appendix A of your textbook as a guide for your written response.Write a three to four (3-4) page paper in which you:Based on your research and the facts stated in the scenario, prepare a recommendation for the client in which you advise either acceptance of the proposed adjustments or further appeal of the issue based on the potential for prevailing on appeal.Create a tax plan for the future redemption of the client’s stock owned in the construction company that will not be taxed according to Section 301 of the IRC.Propose a strategy for the client to receive similar amounts in compensation in the future and avoid the taxation as a constructive dividend.Use the six (6) step tax research process, located in Chapter 1 and demonstrated in Appendix A of the textbook, to record your research for communications to the client.Your assignment must follow these formatting requirements:Be typed, double spaced, using Times New Roman font (size 12), with one-inch margins on all sides; citations and references must follow APA or school-specific format. Check with your professor for any additional instructions.Include a cover page containing the title of the assignment, the student’s name, the professor’s name, the course title, and the date. The cover page and the reference page are not included in the required assignment page length.The specific course learning outcomes associated with this assignment are:Analyze tax issues regarding corporate formations, capital structures, income tax, non-liquidating distributions, or other corporate levies.Prepare client, internal, and administrative documents that appropriately convey the results of tax research and planning.Create an approach to tax research that results in credible and current resources.Use technology and information resources to research issues in organizational tax research and planning.Write clearly and concisely about organizational tax research and planning using proper writing mechanics.Click here to view the grading rubric for this assignment.WEEK 2Assignment 1: Client LetterDue Week 2 and worth 150 pointsImagine that you are a Certified Public Accountant (CPA) with a new client who needs an opinion on the most advantageous capital structure of a new corporation. Your client formed the corporation in question to provide technology to the medical profession to facilitate compliance with the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA). Your client is very excited because of the ability to secure several significant contracts with sufficient capital.Use the Internet and Strayer databases to research the advantages and disadvantages of debt for capital formation versus equity for capital formation of a corporation. Prepare a formal letter to the client using the six (6) step tax research process in Chapter 1 and demonstrated in Appendix A of your textbook as a guide.Write a one to two (1-2) page letter in which you:Compare the tax advantages of debt versus equity capital formation of the corporation forthe client.Recommend to the client whether he / she should use debt or equity for capital formation of the new corporation, based on your research. Provide a rationale for the response.Use the six (6) step tax research process, located in Chapter 1 and demonstrated in Appendix A of the textbook, to record your research for communications to the client.Your assignment must follow these formatting requirements:Be typed, double spaced, using Times New Roman font (size 12), with one-inch margins on all sides; citations and references must follow APA or school-specific format. Check with your professor for any additional instructions.Include a cover page containing the title of the assignment, the student’s name, the professor’s name, the course title, and the date. The cover page and the reference page are not included in the required assignment page length.The specific course learning outcomes associated with this assignment are:Analyze tax issues regarding corporate formations, capital structures, income tax, non-liquidating distributions, or other corporate levies.Use technology and information resources to research issues in organizational tax research and planning.Write clearly and concisely about organizational tax research and planning using proper writing mechanics.Click here to view the grading rubric for this assignment.MIDTERMQuestion 1 When a taxpayer contacts a tax advisor requesting advice as to the most advantageous way to dispose of a stock, the tax advisor is faced with Answer a restricted-fact situation. a closed-fact situation. an open-fact situation. a recognized-fact situation. Question 2 During the course of an audit, a CPA discovers an error in a prior return. According to the Statements on Standards for Tax Services, the CPA should Answer ask the client for permission to disclose the error to the IRS. withdraw from the engagement. inform the IRS of the error, regardless of whether the client grants permission. correct the error in the current year's tax return. Question 3 A Technical Advice Memorandum is usually Answer an internal IRS document describing alternative legislative proposals. part of a Tax Court decision. requested by the taxpayer before entering into a taxable transaction. issued by the national office in response to an audit request. Question 4 Regulations are Answer equal in authority to legislation. equal in authority to legislation if statutory. presumed to be valid and to have almost the same weight as the IRC. equal in authority to legislation if interpretative. Question 5 In accordance with the rules that apply to corporate formation, which one of the following features does not make an issue of preferred stock "nonqualified"? Answer The shareholder can require the corporation to redeem the stock. The dividend rate on the stock may not vary with interest rates, commodity prices, or other similar indices. The corporation is either required to redeem the stock or is likely to exercise a right to redeem the stock. The stock is limited and preferred as to dividends. Question 6 The transferor's holding period for any boot property received in a Sec. 351 stock exchange Answer includes the holding period for the boot transferred. begins on the day after the exchange. begins on the day of the exchange. is the same as the holding period of the stock received in the exchange. Question 7 Rose and Wayne form a new corporation. Rose contributes cash for 85% of the stock and Wayne contributes services for 15% of the stock. The tax effect is Answer Rose and Wayne must recognize their realized gains, if any. Wayne must report the FMV of the stock received as capital gain. Rose and Wayne are not required to recognize their realized gains. Wayne must report the FMV of the stock received as ordinary income. Question 8 Which of the following is an advantage of a sole proprietorship over other business forms? Answer tax-exempt treatment of fringe benefits the deduction for compensation paid to the owner low tax rates on dividends ease of formation Question 9 Trail Corporation has gross profits on sales of $140,000 and deductible expenses of $180,000. In addition, Trail has a net capital gain of $60,000. Trail's taxable income is Answer a $20,000 loss. a $40,000 loss. $60,000. $20,000. Question 10 Which of the following results in a deferred tax asset? Answer Revenue or gains are recognized earlier for book purposes than for tax purposes. Operating loss or tax credit carryforwards exist. Tax basis of an asset is less than its book. Expenses are deductible earlier for tax purposes than for book purposes. Question 11 Dallas Corporation, not a dealer in securities, realizes taxable income of $60,000 from the operation of its business. Additionally, in the same year, Dallas realizes a long-term capital loss of $10,000 from the sale of marketable securities. If the corporation realizes no other capital gains or losses, what is the proper treatment for the $10,000 long-term capital loss on the tax return? Answer Use $3,000 of the loss to reduce taxable income and carry $7,000 of the long-term capital loss forward for five years. Use $6,000 of the loss to reduce taxable income and carry $4,000 of the long-term capital loss forward for five years. Use $10,000 of the long-term capital loss to reduce taxable income. Carry the $10,000 long-term capital loss back three years as a short-term capital loss, then forward five years. Question 12 Which of the following is not a condition that permits a stock redemption to be treated as a sale? Answer It provides funds for payment of income taxes. It is not essentially equivalent to a dividend. The redemption is substantially disproportionate. The redemption completely terminates the shareholder's interest. Question 13 An individual shareholder owns 3,000 shares of Baxter Corporation common stock with a basis of $10 per share. She receives a nontaxable 5% stock dividend. The basis per share of the common stock after the stock dividend is Answer $9.00. $9.50. $9.52. $10.00. Question 14 The gross estate of a decedent contains $2,000,000 cash and 100% of Davis Corporation stock worth $600,000. Funeral and administrative expenses and state death taxes allowable as estate tax deductions amount to $400,000. The estate owes no other liabilities. The decedent's Davis stock can be Answer redeemed to the extent of the death taxes and the estate's funeral and administrative costs with sale or exchange treatment. redeemed with dividend treatment. redeemed in full with sale or exchange treatment only if the proceeds are used to pay the death taxes and funeral and administrative costs. redeemed to the extent of the death taxes and the funeral and administrative costs with sale or exchange treatment only if the proceeds are used to pay the death taxes and funeral and administrative costs. Question 15 Jack Corporation redeems 200 shares of its stock for $100,000 from Junior, who inherited the stock from his father, Ken. The stock's FMV on Ken's date of death was $90,000. Ken's basis in the stock was $40,000. Jack Corporation had an E&P balance of $300,000. If the redemption qualifies under Sec. 303, Junior will Answer recognize a capital gain of $10,000. recognize a capital gain of $60,000. recognize $100,000 in dividend income. recognize dividend income of $50,000 and a capital gain of $10,000. Question 16 How does the deduction for U.S. production activities affect AMTI? Answer The computation of qualified production activities is the same for taxable income and AMTI. The computation of qualified production activities is based on qualified production activities income for AMTI. The computation of qualified production activities is based on AMTI before the deduction for qualified production activities. The computation of qualified production activities is based on the lesser of qualified production activities income or AMTI before the deduction for qualified production activities. 4 points Question 17 Which of the following items are tax preference items for purposes of arriving at alternative minimum taxable income? Answer excess intangible drilling costs on oil and gas properties interest income earned on federal obligations all depreciation claimed on pre-1987 real property acquisitions excess of net long-term capital gains over short-term capital losses Question 18 The accumulated earnings tax does not apply to corporations that Answer have more than one class of stock. are personal holding companies. are members of a controlled group. are closely held corporations. Question 19 When using the Bardahl formula, an increase in accounts payable (while holding purchases and operating expenses constant) has which of the following effects on the working capital requirements? Answer increase decrease no effect increase, decrease, or no effect, depending on other factors Question 20 Lake City Corporation owns all of the stock in Columbia Corporation. Pursuant to a plan of complete liquidation, Columbia distributes land having a $500,000 FMV and a $200,000 basis to Lake City. Lake City's basis in the land will be Answer 0. $200,000. $500,000. %700,000. Question 21 The general rule for tax attributes of liquidating corporations is Answer they disappear when the liquidation is complete. they carry over for five years. they disappear only for controlled subsidiary corporations. they carry over for an indefinite period of time. Question 22 The stock of Cooper Corporation is 70% owned by Carole and 30% owned by Carole's brother, Chris. During 2013, Chris transferred property (basis of $100,000 and FMV of $120,000) as a contribution to the capital of Cooper. During February 2014, Cooper adopted a plan of liquidation and subsequently made a pro rata distribution of the property back to Carole and Chris. At the time of the liquidation, the property had an FMV of $80,000. What amount of loss can be recognized by Cooper on the distribution of property? Answer $0 $6,000 $12,000 $20,000 Question 23 American Corporation acquires the noncash assets of Utech Corporation in exchange for $700,000 of its voting stock plus $50,000 of cash. Utech Corporation assets are worth $750,000. Utech Corporation does not distribute the stock and cash but instead holds the stock as an investment. Utech will use the American cash along with the cash it retained to start a new business. The transaction can be classified as a Answer Type A reorganization. Type B reorganization. Type C reorganization. The transaction does not qualify as a tax-free reorganization. Question 24 Jersey Corporation purchased 50% of Target Corporation's single class of stock on June 1 of this year. They purchased an additional 40% on November 20 of this year. The Sec. 338 election must be made on or before Answer June 30 of this year. November 30 of this year. August 15 of next year. June 30 of next year. Question 25 Acquiring Corporation acquires all of the stock of Target Corporation in a Type B (stock-for-stock) reorganization. Both corporations have always filed separate tax returns. Which one of the following statements regarding the acquisition is correct? Answer Acquiring and Target Corporations can elect to file a consolidated tax return. Acquiring and Target Corporations must file a consolidated tax return. Acquiring Corporation assumes all of the tax attributes of Target Corporation. Acquiring Corporation must step up or step down the basis of the Target Corporation's assets to their FMV on the acquisition date?FINAL EXAMQuestion 16 out of 6 pointsCorrectWhich of the following events is an intercompany transaction that requires the deferral and later recognition of income?Question 26 out of 6 pointsCorrectJackson and Tanker Corporations are members of an affiliated group. The two corporations have been affiliated since they were formed last year. Both corporations have always used a calendar year as their tax year. Tanker, the subsidiary, has a separate return year NOL of $14,000 from last year. Jackson Corporation has a separate return year NOL of $16,000 from last year. Commencing this year, the two corporations filed a consolidated tax return. The NOLs can be carried over.Question 36 out of 6 pointsCorrectYong contributes a machine having an adjusted basis of $20,000 and an FMV of $25,000 for a 10% partnership interest. Yong had taken $10,000 of depreciation prior to the contribution. The partnership has no liabilities. As a result of the contribution, Yong must recognizeQuestion 46 out of 6 pointsCorrectMeg and Abby are equal partners in the AM Partnership, which earns $40,000 ordinary income, $6,000 long-term capital gain (LTCG), and $2,000 Sec. 1231 loss during the current year. What is the amount and character of income that must be reported on Abby's tax return for this year's partnership operations?Question 56 out of 6 pointsCorrectIn computing the ordinary income of a partnership, a deduction is allowed forQuestion 66 out of 6 pointsCorrectIf a distribution occurs within ________ years of the contribution date, in a nonliquidating distribution that does not qualify for Sec. 751 treatment, the distribution event may trigger a precontribution gain or loss.Question 76 out of 6 pointsCorrectTed King's basis for his interest in the Troy Partnership is $24,000. In complete liquidation of his interest, King receives cash of $4,000 and real property (not a Sec. 751 asset) having an FMV of $40,000. Troy's adjusted basis for this realty is $15,000. Section 736 does not apply. King's basis for this realty isQuestion 86 out of 6 pointsCorrectHan purchases a 25% interest in the CHOP Partnership from Huang for $600,000. The partnership has assets with a basis of $1,600,000. What is the amount of the basis adjustment, if the partnership has a 754 election in place?Question 96 out of 6 pointsCorrectWhich of the following would terminate a Subchapter S election?Question 106 out of 6 pointsCorrectTrusts that can own S corporation stock include all of the following exceptQuestion 116 out of 6 pointsCorrectDilley Corporation is an electing S corporation that uses a calendar year as its tax year. On October 31, Dilley's S election is terminated because of the acquisition of stock by an ineligible stockholder. Dilley Corporation shareholder Alan is allocated an S corporation loss for the year, which cannot be used because of the basis limitation. Alan will lose the unused loss if not used by.Question 126 out of 6 pointsCorrectGreg transfers property on August 8 of the current year with an adjusted basis of $40,000 and an FMV of $90,000 to his ex-wife as a property settlement that is part of their divorce agreement. The property settlement agreement and the divorce were both finalized on June 3 of the current year. Greg has made a gift ofQuestion 136 out of 6 pointsCorrectIn 1998, Delores made taxable gifts to her son of property with an FMV of $200,000. In the current year when Delores dies, the property is worth $800,000. The amount included in Delores's estate tax base because of the 1998 gift isQuestion 146 out of 6 pointsCorrectWhich of the following is a completed gift?Question 156 out of 6 pointsCorrectA stock redemption to pay death taxes under Sec. 303 is generally treated asQuestion 166 out of 6 pointsCorrectFour years ago, Roper transferred to his son ownership of a $100,000 life insurance policy that Roper purchased on his own life in 2000. The cash value of the policy on the transfer date was $25,000. Roper died on March 1st of this year. The amount included in Roper's gross estate due to the life insurance policy isQuestion 176 out of 6 pointsCorrectIf a state has adopted the Revised Uniform Principal and Income Act, which of the following statements is correct?Question 186 out of 6 pointsCorrectA simple trustQuestion 196 out of 6 pointsCorrectRevocable trusts meansQuestion 206 out of 6 pointsCorrectWhich of the following activities is protected by accountant-client privilege?Question 216 out of 6 pointsCorrectOn April 15, 2010, a married couple filed their joint 2009 tax return showing gross income of $120,000. Their return was prepared by a professional tax preparer who mistakenly omitted $45,000 of income, which the preparer in good faith considered to be nontaxable. No information with regard to this omitted income was disclosed on the return or attached statements. By what date must the IRS assert a notice of deficiency before the statute of limitations expires?April 15, 2015Question 226 out of 6 pointsCorrectA taxpayer will receive a 30-day letterQuestion 236 out of 6 pointsCorrectWhat are the consequences of classification as a corporate inversion?Question 246 out of 6 pointsCorrectIn accounting for multinational corporations,.Question 250 out of 6 pointsIncorrectA taxpayer may make the election to either deduct or take a credit for foreign income taxes Rating: 4.9/5
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