and investment expenses – must be… * Related to a profit-motivated activity of the taxpayer * Ordinary‚ necessary‚ and reasonable in amount * Properly documented * An expense of the taxpayer Expenditure is not deductable if it is… * A capital expenditure * Expense related to tax-exempt income * Illegal or in violation of public policy‚ or * Specifically disallowed by tax law Business or investment activity? – requirements have two parts * Activity must be engaged
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Assignment 1: Review of Accounting Ethics 1. Given the corporate ethical breaches in recent times‚ assess whether or not you believe that the current business and regulatory environment is more conducive to ethical behavior. Provide support for your answer. With the historical amount of fraud that has taken place over the last few decades‚ there had to be a stop of some sort to this type of unethical behavior. Through our class lectures‚ discussions‚ and readings‚ I have learned about the
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Advanced Auditing Midterm Case 4.1 1. A close friendship between an auditor and the client can jeopardize the auditor’s appearance of independence. And I think when such close relationship begins influence the auditor’s thoughts when he or she makes very important decisions‚ the independence of an auditor has been compromised. The Rule 101 – Independence says: “A member in public practice shall be independent in the performance of professional services as required by standards promulgated by
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Smith’s Four Main Canons of Taxation ↓ A good tax system is one which is designed on the basis of an appropriate set of principles (rules). The tax system should strike a balance between the interest of the taxpayer and that of tax authorities. Adam Smith was the first economist to develop a list of Canons of Taxation. These canons are still regarded as characteristics or features of a good tax system. Adam Smith gave following four important canons of taxation. 1. Canon of Equity The principle
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International taxation International taxation is the study or determination of tax on a person or business subject to the tax laws of different countries or the international aspects of an individual country’s tax laws. Governments usually limit the scope of their income taxation in some manner territorially or provide for offsets to taxation relating to extraterritorial income. Many governments tax individuals and/or enterprises on income. Such systems of taxation vary widely‚ and there are no
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Verizon and Rivio Use the Web to Offer Big Benefits for Small Businesses. Minicase 1 Page 553 Q1. In what ways might IT strategy and alignment differ for small businesses as opposed to that of larger organizations? A1. One of the most common difficulties companies face in strategic planning is turning their vision into a reality. To transform your organization into the one you envision takes more than great strategy and implementation‚ you also need to make the strategy an integral part of
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What is taxation? Taxation is a requirement in all countries. It is a method to provide the society with the necessities needed. Hence it combines all efforts from the full society for public goods. Franklim D. Roosevelt once said “Taxes‚ after all‚ are dues that we pay for the privileges of membership in an organized society”. Which makes people wonder of the importance of taxation in a sociey‚ roles of taxation‚ fairness of taxation‚ and a new method of tax green tax. Importance of Taxation in a
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Ethical Dilemma Executive Summary By: HARRY PAYE Week 1 Assignment This case is about Jackson Daniels a CPA who is faced with an ethical dilemma due to the discovery that the budget he prepared for management to extend a particular project was faulty and the projected values were overstated. Legally the implementation of the project on this faulty budget has the potential to expose management to possible lawsuit from creditors who believe that they were mislead‚ it also will cost management
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Client Acceptance 1 C a s es inc lu de d in t his Se ction 1.1 Ocean Manufacturing‚ Inc. The New Client Acceptance Decision Instructor Resource Manual — Do Not Copy or Redistribute . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 Instructor Resource Manual — Do Not Copy or Redistribute Ocean Manufacturing‚ Inc. C a s e 1.1 The New Client Acceptance Decision Mark S. Beasley · Frank A. Buckless · Steven M. Glover · Douglas F. Prawitt
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In Jamaica Kincaid’s “A Small Place”‚ she expresses her life in a world that is made to be an escape for pleasure for tourists who visit Antigua. In this memoir‚ the author illustrates a conflicted sense of life and identity on the island of Antigua. To tourists‚ it is a place of paradise‚ a sense of unreality‚ like the island is a stage that is set theatrically. It is a symbolically charged environment that creates a fictional world. It seems too good to be true. Consequently‚ Kincaid’s experience
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