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> Joey lives in North Carolina, a common law state. He is a shareholder in an S corporation. If he marries a nonresident alien, will the S election terminate? Would your answer change if he lives in Louisiana? Explain.

> Pursuant to a complete liquidation, Carrot Corporation distributes to its shareholders real estate held as an investment (basis of $650,000, fair market value of $880,000). a. Determine the gain or loss recognized by Carrot on the distribution if no liab

> Which of the following can be shareholders of an S corporation? a. Partnership. b. Limited liability partnership. c. Corporation. d. One-member limited liability company

> One shareholder of an S corporation takes a short-term unwritten cash advance of $9,100 during the tax year. Would this arrangement create a second class of stock? Explain.

> Which of the following are requirements to be an S corporation? a. Limited to an absolute maximum of 100 shareholders. b. Has no resident alien shareholders. c. Has only one class of stock. d. May have no straight debt. e. Cannot have any earnings and pr

> Using the categories in the following legend, classify each transaction as a plus (+) or minus (─) on Schedule M–2 of Form 1120S. An answer might look like one of these: +AAA or ─ OAA. a. Receipt of

> Caleb Samford calls you and says that his two-person S corporation was involuntarily terminated in February 2016. He asks you if they can make a new S election now, in November 2017. Draft a memo for your firm’s tax research file, outlining what you told

> On March 2, 2017, the two 50% shareholders of a calendar year corporation decide to elect S status. One of the shareholders, Terry, purchased her stock from a previous shareholder (a nonresident alien) on January 18, 2017. Identify any potential problems

> Bob Roman, the major owner of an S corporation, approaches you for some tax planning help. He would like to exchange some real estate in a like-kind transaction under § 1031 for real estate that may have some environmental liabilities. Prepare a letter t

> One of your clients is considering electing S status. Texas, Inc., is a six year- old company with two equal shareholders, both of whom paid $30,000 for their stock. Going into 2017, Texas holds a $110,000 NOL carryforward from prior years. Estimated inc

> Sheila Jackson is a 50% shareholder in Washington, Inc., an S corporation. This year, Jackson’s share of the Washington loss is $100,000. Jackson reports income from several other sources. Identify at least four tax issues related to the effects of the S

> For each of the following independent statements, indicate whether the transaction will increase (+), decrease (─), or have no effect (NE) on the basis of a shareholder’s stock in an S corporation. a. Expenses related to tax-exempt income. b. Short-term

> Sunset Corporation, with E & P of $400,000, makes a cash distribution of $120,000 to a shareholder. The shareholder’s basis in the Sunset stock is $50,000. a. Determine the tax consequences to the shareholder if the distribution is a nonqualified stock r

> Scott Tierney owns 21% of an S corporation. He is confused with respect to the amounts of the corporate AAA and his stock basis. Write a memo to Scott identifying the key differences between AAA and an S shareholder’s stock basis.

> Collette’s S corporation holds a small amount of accumulated earnings and profits (AEP), requiring the use of a more complex set of distribution rules. Collette’s accountant tells her that this AEP forces the maintenance of the AAA figure each year. Disc

> Greiner, Inc., a calendar year S corporation, holds no AEP. During the year, Chad, an individual Greiner shareholder, receives a cash distribution of $30,000 from the entity. Chad’s basis in his stock is $25,000. Compute Chad’s ordinary income and capita

> Noelle, the owner of all of the shares of ClockCo, an S corporation, transfers her stock to Grayson on April 1. ClockCo reports a $70,000 NOL for the entire tax year, but $10,000 of the loss occurs during January–March. Without a short-year election, how

> Matulis, Inc., a calendar year C corporation, owns a single asset with a basis of $325,000 and a fair market value of $800,000. Matulis holds a positive E & P balance. It elects S corporation status for 2018 and then sells the asset. Compute the corporat

> Kaiwan, Inc., a calendar year S corporation, is partly owned by Sharrod, whose beginning stock basis is $32,000. During the year, Sharrod’s share of a Kaiwan long-term capital gain (LTCG) is $5,000, and his share of an ordinary loss is $18,000. Sharrod t

> Jonas is a 60% owner of Ard, an S corporation. At the beginning of the year, his stock basis is zero. Jonas’s basis in a $20,000 loan made to Ard and evidenced by Ard’s note has been reduced to $0 by prior losses. During the year, Jonas’s net share of Ar

> Vogel, Inc., an S corporation for five years, distributes a tract of land held as an investment to Jamari, its majority shareholder. The land was purchased for $45,000 ten years ago and is currently worth $120,000. a. As a result of the distribution, wha

> Holbrook, a calendar year S corporation, distributes $15,000 cash to its only shareholder, Cody, on December 31. Cody’s basis in his stock is $20,000, Holbrook’s AAA balance is $8,000, and Holbrook holds $2,500 AEP bef

> Dion, a shareholder, owned 20% of MeadowBrook’s stock for 292 days and 25% for the remaining 73 days in the year. Using the per-day allocation method, compute Dion’s share of the following S corporation items. Sch

> How is the four-column template in Concept Summary 20.3 used to determine a shareholder’s basis in the stock received in a corporate restructuring?

> TyroneCo, an S corporation with a positive E & P balance, reports gross receipts for the year totaling $400,000 (of which $200,000 is PII). Expenditures directly connected to the production of the PII total $80,000. Compute Tyrone’s PII tax.

> Fredstone Consolidated, Inc., and Gradison Enterprises, Inc., are both real estate developers. Each entity owns a 50% general partner interest in Realty Partners, GP, a general partnership. Fredstone and Gradison each contributed $15,000 to form the part

> Andy has operated his moving company, MoveOn, as a sole proprietorship for several years. In the current tax year, MoveOn placed into service $480,000 of property qualifying for immediate expensing under § 179. Andy also joined with another local mover t

> Barney, an individual, and Aldrin, Inc., a domestic C corporation, have decided to form BA LLC. The new LLC will produce a product that Barney recently developed and patented. Barney and Aldrin, Inc., will each own a 50% capital and profits interest in t

> Let’s look at both the facts and the spreadsheet from Problem 46. Consider the results if the partnership’s revenues were $100,000 instead of $150,000. a. What happens if you update the revenues line on your spreadsheet? Are your new amounts correct for

> The KL Partnership is owned equally by Kayla and Lisa. At the beginning of the year, Kayla’s basis is $20,000 and Lisa’s basis is $16,000. Partnership debt did not change from the beginning to the end of the tax year. KL reported the following income and

> Assume the same facts as in Problems 42 to 44. Prepare Amy’s Schedule K–1 as if you were the preparer of AM Products LLC’s tax return. Provide all information that Amy needs to the extent you can. For Parts I and II (Items A to F), omit any missing infor

> Assume the same facts as in Problem 42. Prepare Amy’s tax-basis capital account roll forward from the beginning to the end of the tax year. How does her capital account differ from her basis as calculated in Problem 42? Facts from Problem 42 Amy and Mit

> Assume the same facts as in Problem 42. What income, gains, losses, and deductions does Amy report on her income tax return? Based on the information provided, what other calculations is she required to make? Facts from Problem 42 Amy and Mitchell share

> Amy and Mitchell share equally in the profits, losses, and capital of the accrual basis AM Products LLC. Amy is a managing member of the LLC (treated as a general partner) and is a U.S. person. At the beginning of the current year, Amy’s capital account

> Explain why a private letter ruling from the IRS is like an insurance policy for a corporate reorganization.

> Under what circumstances are losses disallowed to a corporation in liquidation?

> Polly and her husband, Leo, file a joint return and expect to report 2017 AGI of $75,000. Polly’s employer offers a child and dependent care reimbursement plan that allows up to $5,000 of qualifying expenses to be reimbursed in exchange for a $5,000 redu

> Clyde had worked for many years as the chief executive of Red Industries, Inc., and had been a major shareholder. Clyde and the company had a falling out, and Clyde was terminated. Clyde and Red executed a document under which Clyde’s stock in Red would

> Nadia donates $4,000 to Eastern University’s athletic department. The payment guarantees that Nadia will have preferred seating near the 50-yard line. a. Assume that Nadia subsequently buys four $100 game tickets. How much can she deduct as a charitable

> Siva Nathaniel owns various plots of land in Fulton County, Georgia. He acquired the land at various times during the last 20 years. About every fourth year, Siva subdivides into lots one of the properties he owns. He then has water, sewer, natural gas,

> Search for the phrase “mortgage and real estate fraud” on the IRS’s website (www.irs.gov). Read the articles you find, and explain why this type of fraud is often unearthed by the IRS.

> Perform a Google search to find information about capital gains tax rates worldwide (and across U.S. states). Try searching for “capital gains rate by country (state).” What jurisdiction has the highest capital gains tax rate? What U.S. states have high

> Your client, Alternate Fuel, Inc. (a regular corporation), owns three sandwich shops in the Philadelphia area. In 2014, the year Alternate Fuel incorporated, it acquired land on the outskirts of Philadelphia with the hope of someday farming the land to c

> Puce is a corporation that buys and sells financial assets. It purchases notes receivable from manufacturers that need cash immediately and cannot wait to collect the notes. Puce pays about 88% of the face value of the receivables and then collects them.

> Gray, Inc., a C corporation, has taxable income from operations of $1,452,000 for 2017. It also has a net long-term capital loss of $355,000 from the sale of a subsidiary’s stock. The year 2017 is the first year in the last 10 years that Gray has not had

> For 2017, Ashley has gross income of $38,350 and a $5,000 long-term capital loss. She claims the standard deduction. Ashley is 35 years old and unmarried with two dependent children. How much of Ashley’s $5,000 capital loss carries over to 2018?

> An individual taxpayer sells some used assets at a garage sale. Why are none of the proceeds taxable in most situations?

> What are the maximum postponed gain or loss and the basis for the replacement property for the following involuntary conversions? Туре of Conversion Amount Adjusted Amount Property Realized Basis Reinvested Drugstore (business) Casualty $160,000 $13

> Consuela was a tenant in a campus apartment. She is a student at State University. Her lease began on August 1, 2017, and was due to expire on July 31, 2018. However, her landlord sold the building, and the new owner wanted to demolish it to build a reta

> Carla was the owner of vacant land that she was holding for investment. She paid $2 million for the land in 2015. Raymond was an investor in vacant land. He thought Carla’s land might be the site of an exit ramp from a new freeway. Raymond gave Carla $83

> For 2017, Wilma has properly determined taxable income of $36,000, including $3,000 of unrecaptured § 1250 gain and $8,200 of 0%/15%/20% gain. Wilma qualifies for head-of-household filing status. Compute Wilma’s tax liability and the tax savings from the

> Malcolm owns 60% and Buddy owns 40% of Magpie Corporation. On July 1, 2017, each lends the corporation $30,000 at an annual interest rate of 5%. Malcolm and Buddy are not related. Both shareholders use the cash method of accounting, and Magpie Corporatio

> Jane and Blair are married taxpayers filing jointly and have 2017 taxable income of $97,000. The taxable income includes $5,000 of gain from a capital asset held five years, $2,100 of gain from a capital asset held seven months, and $13,000 of gain from

> Helena has the following long-term capital gains and losses for 2017: $65,000 28% gain, $53,000 28% loss, $28,000 25% gain, and $24,000 0%/15%/20% loss. She also has a $33,000 short-term loss and a $65,000 short-term gain. What is Helena’s AGI from these

> Paul has the following long-term capital gains and losses for 2017: $62,000 28% gain, $21,000 28% loss, $18,000 25% gain, and $64,000 0%/15%/20% gain. He also has a $53,000 short-term loss and a $5,000 short-term gain. What is Paul’s AGI from these trans

> Phil and Susan Hammond are married taxpayers filing a joint return. The couple have two dependent children. Susan has wages of $34,000 in 2016. Phil does not work due to a disability, but he is a buyer and seller of stocks. He generally buys and holds fo

> Sheila inherited 300 shares of stock, 100 shares of Magenta and 200 shares of Purple. She has a stockbroker sell the shares for her, uses the proceeds for personal expenses, and thinks nothing further about the transactions. What issues does she face whe

> Bridgette is known as the “doll lady.” She started collecting dolls as a child, always received one or more dolls as gifts on her birthday, never sold any dolls, and eventually owned 600 dolls. She is retiring and moving to a small apartment and has deci

> Cabel’s warehouse, which has an adjusted basis of $380,000 and a fair market value of $490,000, is condemned by an agency of the Federal government to make way for a highway interchange. The initial condemnation offer is $425,000. After substantial negot

> In 2017, Bertha Jarow had a $28,000 loss from the sale of a personal residence. She also purchased a patent on a rubber bonding process from an individual inventor for $7,000 (and resold it in two months for $18,000). The patent had not yet been reduced

> Elaine Case (single with no dependents) has the following transactions in 2017: AGI (exclusive of capital gains and losses)………$240,000 Long-term capital gain………………………………………..22,000 Long-term capital loss………………………………………..(8,000) Short-term capital gain……

> Sonja is considering the purchase and renovation of an old building. She has heard about the tax credit for rehabilitation expenditures, but Sonja does not know the specific rules applicable to the credit. Explain the most important and relevant provisio

> Dennis sells short 100 shares of ARC stock at $20 per share on January 15, 2017. He buys 200 shares of ARC stock on April 1, 2017, at $25 per share. On May 2, 2017, he closes the short sale by delivering 100 of the shares purchased on April 1. a. What ar

> Sarah received a gift of farmland from her father. The land was worth $4 million at the date of the gift, had been farmed by her father for 40 years, and had a tax basis for her father of $30,000. Sarah never farmed the land and sold it eight months afte

> Roger inherited 100 shares of Periwinkle stock when his mother, Emily, died. Emily had acquired the stock for a total of $60,000 on November 15, 2013. She died on August 10, 2017, and the shares were worth a total of $55,000 at that time. Roger sold the

> Ten years ago, Liam, who is single, purchased a personal residence for $340,000 and took out a mortgage of $200,000 on the property. In May of the current year, when the residence had a fair market value of $440,000 and Liam owed $140,000 on the mortgage

> Maria held vacant land that qualified as an investment asset. She purchased the vacant land on April 10, 2013. She exchanged the vacant land for a rental house in a qualifying like-kind exchange on January 22, 2017. Maria was going to hold the house for

> A corporation distributes a truck it has owned for three years to its sole shareholder. The shareholder will use the truck for business activity. The truck’s fair market value at the time of the distribution is greater than its adjusted basis but less th

> Angie owns numerous strip malls. A major tenant of one of the strip malls wanted to cancel its lease because it was moving to another city. After lengthy negotiations, the tenant paid Angie $60,000 to cancel its obligations under the lease. If the tenant

> Freys, Inc., sells a 12-year “stuffed potato” franchise to Reynaldo. The franchise contains many restrictions on how Reynaldo may operate his store. For instance, Reynaldo cannot use less than Grade 10 Idaho potatoes, must bake the potatoes at a constant

> Issac has AGI of $73,400 and incurred the following expenses. How much of the business and personal expenditures are deductible (after any limitation) either as miscellaneous itemized deductions or as other itemized deductions? Cost of uniforms required

> Mac, an inventor, obtained a patent on a chemical process to clean old aluminum siding so that it can be easily repainted. Mac has a $50,000 tax basis in the patent. Mac does not have the capital to begin manufacturing and selling this product, so he has

> Hilde purchased all of the rights to a patent on a new garden tool developed by a friend of hers who is an amateur inventor. The inventor obtained the patent rights, set up a manufacturing company to produce and sell the garden tool, and produced substan

> Fred is an investor in vacant land. When he thinks he has identified property that would be a good investment, he approaches the landowner, pays the landowner for a “right of first refusal” to purchase the land, records this right in the property records

> Mike purchased four $100 tickets to a fund-raising dinner and dance sponsored by the public library, a qualified charitable organization. In its advertising for the event, the library indicated that the cost of the tickets would be deductible for Federal

> Benny purchased $400,000 of Peach Corporation face value bonds for $320,000 on November 13, 2016. The bonds had been issued with $80,000 of original issue discount because Peach was in financial difficulty in 2016. On December 3, 2017, Benny sold the bon

> Steven established a sole proprietorship in 2012. He sold § 1231 assets at a loss in 2015 and 2016. He had only sold § 1231 assets at a gain before 2015. In 2017, he could sell a § 1231 asset at a gain and would like to have the gain taxed as a long-term

> Melaney has had a bad year with her investments. She lent a friend $8,000; the friend did not repay the loan when it was due and then declared bankruptcy. The loan is totally uncollectible. Melaney also was notified by her broker that the Oak corporate b

> After netting all of her short-term and long-term capital gains and losses, Misty has a net short-term capital loss and a net long-term capital loss. Can she net these against each other? Why or why not?

> At the date of a short sale, Sylvia has held substantially identical securities for more than 12 months. What is the nature of any gain or loss from the close of her short sale?

> Blue Corporation and Fuchsia Corporation are engaged in a contract negotiation over the use of Blue’s trademarked name, DateSiteForSeniors. For a onetime payment of $45,000, Blue licensed Fuchsia to use the name DateSiteForSeniors, and the license requir

> Hubert purchases all of the rights in a patent from the inventor who developed the patented product. After holding the patent for two years, Hubert sells all of the rights in the patent for a substantial gain. What issues does Hubert face if he wants to

> Anwar owns vacant land that he purchased many years ago as an investment. After getting approval to subdivide it into 35 lots, he made minimal improvements and then sold the entire property to a real estate developer. Anwar’s recognized gain on the sale

> Alison owns a painting that she received as a gift from her aunt 10 years ago. The aunt created the painting. Alison has displayed the painting in her home and has never attempted to sell it. Recently, a visitor noticed the painting and offered Alison $5

> Justin Stone was an employee of DataCare Services, Inc. His salary was $45,000 through November 10, 2016, when he was laid off. DataCare Services provided medical insurance for Justin and his family during his employment and agreed to continue this cover

> Ashley Panda lives at 1310 Meadow Lane, Wayne, OH 43466, and her Social Security number is 123-45-6789. Ashley is single and has a 20-year-old son, Bill. His Social Security number is 111-11-1112. Karl lives with Ashley, and she fully supports him. Bill

> Olivia wants to buy some vacant land for investment purposes. She cannot afford the full purchase price. Instead, Olivia pays the landowner $8,000 to obtain an option to buy the land for $175,000 anytime in the next four years. Fourteen months after purc

> Determine the realized, recognized, and postponed gain or loss and the new basis for each of the following like-kind exchanges: Adjusted Basis of Old Machine Fair Market Value Вoot Boot Given of New Asset Received $ 7,000 $ 0- $12,000 $4.000 a. b. 1

> Maria meets all of the requirements of § 1237 (subdivided realty). In 2017, she begins selling lots and sells four separate lots to four different purchasers. She also sells two contiguous lots to another purchaser. The sales price of each lot is $30,000

> A corporation distributes a truck it has owned for three years to its sole shareholder. The shareholder will use the truck for personal use activity. The truck’s fair market value at the time of the distribution is greater than its adjusted basis but les

> Paolo and Isadora Shaw are married, file a joint tax return, and have one dependent child, Dante. The Shaws report modified AGI of $148,000. The couple paid $12,000 of tuition and $10,000 for room and board for Dante, a fulltime first-year student at Ser

> For calendar year 2017, Jean was a self-employed consultant with no employees. She had $80,000 of net profit from consulting and paid $7,000 in medical insurance premiums on her policy covering 2017. How much of these premiums may Jean deduct as a deduct

> Shelia purchases $50,000 of newly issued Gingo Corporation bonds for $45,000. The bonds have original issue discount (OID) of $5,000. After Sheila amortized $2,300 of OID and held the bonds for four years, she sold the bonds for $48,000. What is the amou

> Enzo is a single taxpayer with the following gains and losses for 2017: • $2,100 short-term capital loss. • $24,000 long-term capital gain from sale of stock. • $14,000 § 1231 gain that is all unrecaptured § 1250 gain. What is the amount and character

> An apartment building was acquired in 2008. The depreciation taken on the building was $123,000, and the building was sold for a $34,000 gain. What is the maximum amount of 25% gain?

> Jacob purchased business equipment for $56,000 in 2014 and has taken $35,000 of regular MACRS depreciation. Jacob sells the equipment in 2017 for $26,000. What is the amount and character of Jacob’s gain or loss?

> Lena is a sole proprietor. In April of this year, she sold equipment purchased four years ago for $26,000 with an adjusted basis of $15,500 for $17,000. Later in the year, Lena sold another piece of equipment purchased two years ago with an adjusted basi

> On May 9, 2017, Glenna purchases 500 shares of Ignaz Company stock for $7,500. On June 30, 2017, she writes a call option on the stock, giving the grantee the right to buy the stock for $9,000 during the following 12-month period. Glenna receives a call

> Dexter owns a large tract of land and subdivides it for sale. Assume that Dexter meets all of the requirements of § 1237 and during the tax year sells the first eight lots to eight different buyers for $22,000 each. Dexter’s basis in each lot sold is $15

> In a § 1031 like-kind exchange, Rafael exchanges a piece of equipment that originally cost $200,000. On the date of the exchange, the equipment given up has an adjusted basis of $85,000 and a fair market value of $110,000. Rafael pays $15,000 and receive