Tax Research Project Dale and Jane Carl Taxable income‚ as defined in §63(b) is “adjusted gross income‚ minus the standard deduction‚ and the deduction for personal exemptions.” We already know that Dale and Jane have a $157‚000 adjusted gross income or “AGI”‚ defined in §62 (a) as “gross income minus the following deductions” (all of the deductions that are listed are found on the first page of form 1040). Because the Carl’s AGI is already known‚ the next step in the process
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Tax Research Case Travel expense deduction A551 fall 2012 December 4‚ 2012 I. Facts The tax payer‚ Miss Teecher‚ is a teacher who teaches Latin American in high school for 4 years. She is 28 years old and single. She plans to have a travel to South America from June 4 to June 11 through the local university. She thinks it is a business travel since it can enhance his teaching abilities. She plans to spend about 2‚000USD during the trip. She wants to take 2 days to have sightseeing. Her
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Brandy Corporation Research Memo Facts Brandy Corporation agreed to purchase a new air conditioning unit for its office building on December 27‚ 2006‚ for $300‚000. Unfortunately‚ the unit was not installed until October 21‚ 2007 because of multiple delays throughout the shipping process. On March 28‚ 2008‚ Brandy Corporation first used its new air conditioning unit. Issues 1. What year should Brandy Corporation recognize the air conditioning unit was first put into service? 2. How much
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RESEARCH MEMORANDOM (Question 1) Facts: | Alex and Amanda Adams were married 22 years ago and have two children‚ Anne and Alex Jr. On June 2‚ 2011‚ after a particularly fierce argument‚ Alex packed his clothes and left for parts unknown. Amanda has neither seen nor heard from him since. Anne graduated from Wayne State University on May 7‚ 2011. Prior to her graduation Anne had been a full time student. During the year‚ Anne (born October 5‚ 1990) earned $7‚000 from a life guarding job and
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Lauren Smith From: Tax Accountant‚ CPA Date: August 22‚ 2012 Re: Deductibility of Education Expense Facts You incurred $15‚000 in education expense during the tax year in the course of earning an MBA from a local university. You wants to deduct these expenses on her tax return as an employee business expense‚ as your employer does not have an education expense reimbursement program. Issue The issue is (1) whether education expenses can be deductible on the tax return as an employee
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state that frequent flyer miles constitute compensation from the employer. The lack of substantial authority on the treatment of this benefit gives the client the ability to exclude this from his gross income without risk of understating his overall tax liability. The only ruling with specific relation to frequent flyer miles was Charley‚ (CA9‚ 7/24/96) 78 AFTR 2d ¶ 96-5171. In this case‚ Dr. Charley would instruct
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I live in an area called Fredrickson. It’s said to be upper middle class due to the Boing plant. Anyways if I go to the Walmart and shop the prices are different and so is the tax on the items I purchase I was surprised by this. Not only are the prices different but the items that the store carries differ from the others‚ this is the same with the Safeway store on Canyon rd. the stores are at opposite ends of the road and the prices are different the items are different they cater to the social status
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To: File From: Xinxin Shi RE: Paula Green and Mary Brown (tax year 2012) Facts Paula Green‚ a U.S citizen and our client‚ is preparing to expand her business into landscaping field. Before the expansion‚ Paula already has already been operating the Green Thumb Nursery whose total assets with a $260‚000 adjusted basis and a $500‚000 FMV. To avoid the risk of paying unlimited debt‚ Paula plans to change business form from sole proprietorship into corporation. And Mary Brown‚ a U.S citizen and
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William Pittman 10/14/14 Writing COMP – Han To Tax or not To Tax Two authors by the names of Paul Krugman and Fred E. Foldvary have varying opinions on the topic of taxing the rich. The debate they’re writing about is whether or not the US should increase the tax burden on the rich. Foldvary states in his “The Evil of Taxing the Rich” article that there are a lot of negative affects that would come along with taxing the rich. Mainly‚ he says the rich are paying a much larger percentage of federal
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