ACC 4250
Corporate Assignment
Part I
Yves Bofossa
True or False
1. It is possible for a trust managed by a trustee to be treated as a corporation for income tax purposes. Answer: False
2. If the taxpayer creates a legal corporation under state law, the government cannot disregard the entity and tax the taxpayer on the income. Answer: False
3. Generally, corporate taxable income is more closely related to accounting income than individual taxable income is related to accounting income. Answer: False
4. Corporations should try to reclassify initial expenditures as expenses other than organization costs because organization costs do not give rise to any tax benefit. Answer: False
5. A corporation is not allowed a
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Answer: True
15. An individual receiving both stock and short term notes for appreciated property has no recognized gain because of &351. Answer: True
16. Section 351 encompasses non simultaneous transfers provided they are part of one transaction. Answer: True
17. Assumption of all debt by a corporation is included under the non-recognition provision of &351. Answer: True
18. A corporation does not recognize gain on the transfer of its own stock in exchange for money or other property. Answer: True
19. In any 351 transfer, the corporation’s basis in the property is the same as the transferor’s basis. Answer: True
20. A corporation does not recognize income as the result of a contribution to capital, even though it does not issue any stock. Answer: True
Multiple choice
21. Answer: B
22. Answer: C
23. Answer: C
24. Answer: D
25. Answer: C
26. Answer: E
27. Answer: D
28. Answer: B
29. Answer: C
30. Answer: A
31. Answer: D
32. Answer: E
33. Answer: C
34. Answer: B
35. Answer: C
36. Answer: E
37. Answer: E
38. Answer: B
39. Answer: C
40. Answer: A
41. Answer: B
42. Answer: B
43. Answer: A
44. Answer: B
45. Answer: C
46. Answer: A
47. Answer: A
48. Answer: E
49. Answer: B
50. Answer: D
Part 2
Required
a) the calculation for depreciation and the tax loss for
capital gains for cash received, on the other hand, they can enjoy the profit when share
both a and b (Yes. The corporate structure provides for limited liability and ease of transferring ownership.)
31. Julius, a married taxpayer, makes gifts to each of his six children. A maximum of six annual exclusions could be allowed as to these gifts.
18) Barbara sells a house with an FMV of $170,000 to her daughter for $120,000. From this transaction, Barbara is deemed to have made a gift (before the annual exclusion) of
10. [LO 1] Under what circumstances can a partner recognize both gain and loss on the sale of a partnership interest?
In the case of a transfer for a valuable consideration, by assignment or otherwise, of a life insurance contract or any interest therein, the amount excluded from gross income by paragraph (1) shall not exceed an amount equal to the sum of the actual value of such consideration and the premiums and other amounts subsequently paid by the transferee. The preceding sentence shall not apply in the case of such a transfer -
0 A publicly held corporation must have a charitable purpose, but a public corporation need not have a charitable purpose
2. Similar to like-kind exchanges, the receipt of “boot” under § 351 can cause loss to be recognized.
7) Start-up costs may be only partially deductible in the year incurred, but expansion costs are fully deductible in the year incurred.
a) The difference between long term investments and property and equipment on the balance sheet are as follows:
ASC 805-30-30-11 further clarifies that a replacement award that is part of the consideration transferred in exchange for the acquiree equals the portion of the acquiree award that is attributable to pre-combination service. Any portion of replacement award that relates to post-combination service should be recorded as compensation cost.
Regarding the bond exchange offered by New Gate, any gain is not recognized per this IRS ruling:
(b) Mark Paxson maintains that the statement of cash flows is an optional financial statement. Do you agree? Explain.
Section 351(c)(2) allows shareholders to dispose of all or part of the transfers stock without preventing the corporations Section 351 transaction from satisfying the “ control immediate after” requirement (4). Section 351(d) states that there are times when services, certain indebtedness, and accrued interest not treated as property as per James v. Commissioner, 53 T.C. 63 (1969); cf. Hospital Corporation of America v. Commissioner, 81 T.C. 520
2. According to Sec. 351, Paula recognizes no gain, because she does not receive any boot.