Questions from General Taxation


Q: Your friend John files his own tax returns. He received a

Your friend John files his own tax returns. He received a computer as a dividend from a closely held corporation. He says that he does not need to report the computer as dividend income because the di...

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Q: What is a dividend?

What is a dividend?

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Q: Sam owns all of the stock in a newly formed corporation.

Sam owns all of the stock in a newly formed corporation. During 2017, the first year of operation, the corporation realized current earnings and profits of $10,000. Sam received a $12,000 distribution...

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Q: How do dividends and earnings and profits relate to each other?

How do dividends and earnings and profits relate to each other?

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Q: What are the three types of tax authority? Who issues each

What are the three types of tax authority? Who issues each type?

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Q: When determining the taxability of social security benefits, the IRC uses

When determining the taxability of social security benefits, the IRC uses the concept of provisional income. How is provisional income calculated?

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Q: What is an employer-provided fringe benefit?

What is an employer-provided fringe benefit?

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Q: Explain the requirements necessary for a scholarship to be tax-free

Explain the requirements necessary for a scholarship to be tax-free to the recipient.

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Q: Mickey is a 12-year-old dialysis patient. Three

Mickey is a 12-year-old dialysis patient. Three times a week for the entire year he and his mother, Sue, drive 20 miles one way to Mickey’s dialysis clinic. On the way home, they go 10 miles out of...

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Q: Leslie and Jason, who are married, paid the following expenses

Leslie and Jason, who are married, paid the following expenses during 2017: Interest on a car loan………………………………………………………. $ 100 Interest on lending institution loan...

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