When Dr. Arthur M. Edwards died, leaving a will disposing of his property, he left the villa type condominium in which he lived, its contents, and $ 10,000 to his stepson, Ronald W. Souders. Edwards...

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A taxpayer is considering two mutually exclusive alternatives. Alternative A is to hire a tax accountant at a cost of $ 20,000 to research the tax law on a tax avoidance plan. If successful, the plan...

In 2009, Xio and Xandra each invest $300,000 to create Xava Corporation. Xava develops and manufactures rock climbing and bungee jumping equipment. The business has become very profitable (it now is...

Business Ethics magazine reported the following ethical dilemma submitted by an anonymous reader: Mary had only a few days to earn $1,000 in sales that would allow her to reach the $1 million sales...

Cleveland Chiropractic College (CCC) promised prospective students that CCC would provide clinical training and experiencea critical part of a chiropractic education and a requirement for graduation...

Do you think that criminal procedure in this country is weighted too heavily in favor of accused persons? Can you think of a fairer way to balance the constitutional rights of accused persons against...

Roy and Brandi are engaged and plan to get married. During 2014, Roy is a full-time student and earns $9,000 from a part-time job. With this income, student loans, savings, and nontaxable...

Josh Thomas, Jack Wiley, and Will Regis are three close friends who have been offered the opportunity to invest $100,000 each and to become 10 percent shareholders each in a closely held corporation...

When a Meeting of the Minds Is Lacking Chatter is a social networking service that promises to keep its users data private. However, Chatter sells its data to a data broker who then sells it online....

Dial Corp. implemented a work tolerance test, which all new employees were required to pass to obtain employment in its Armour Star brand sausage-making department. Of the applicants who passed the...

Hospital administrator Jake Rosen9 was recently convicted for fraud he committed against his employer, Cedar Hospital Systems. Over a period of six years, he allegedly made payments to a dummy...

The Dickinson Elks Club conducted an annual Labor Day golf tournament. Charbonneau Buick-Pontiac offered to give a new car as a prize to anyone making a hole in one on hole no. 8. The golf course of...

Joseph Supersonic Company, a U.S. jet fighter manufacturer, is eager to sell its aircraft to the stateowned airline of the Republic of Platano and wishes to retain a local representative to assist...

A county court in Illinois is deciding a case involving an issue that has never been addressed before in that states courts. The Iowa Supreme Court, however, recently decided a case involving a very...

1. Based on this information, do you believe Publishers Clearing House has committed fraud? 2. Why or why not? A recent newspaper contained the following story: Publishers Clearing House agreed to...

Kurt, an avid skier, wanted to clear some wet snow and ice from his chair on the chairlift as it moved toward him from the boarding ramp. He was unable to sit down in time and simply grabbed onto the...

Multiple Choice Question 1. Bob, a mechanic, claims that Cathy owes him $1,500 on a repair job. Bob wants to assign his claim to Hardknuckle Bank. The likeliest reason that Bob wants to do this is A....

The plaintiffs in this case were descendants of Holocaust victims who had lived in various countries in Europe. Before the Holocaust, the plaintiffs ancestors had purchased insurance policies from...

Simon Weinberg and his brother were the only partners in Times Square Stationers LLP. The partners signed a 20-year lease with Tisch Leasing. After 12 years, Simon retired from the business and was...

Mr. RH purchased 30 acres of undeveloped ranch land 10 years ago for $935,000. He is considering subdividing the land into one-third-acre lots and improving the land by adding streets, sidewalks, and...

Determine whether the following statements relating to the AMT for a corporation are true or false. If false, explain why. a. Tax preference items only increase AMTI. b. A corporation uses the same...

Devaluate Dave Santollis entrepreneurial thinking and leadership at Faxtech and at TTI.

Amanda and Jaxon Stuart have a daughter who is one year old. The Stuarts are full-time students and they are both 23 years old. Their only sources of income are gains from stock they held for three...

Merlin Winters had three sons. Merlin and his youngest son, Abraham, had a falling out in 1994 and stopped speaking to each other. Merlin made a formal will in 1996, leaving all of his property to...

McNeely entered into a contract with Wagner to pay $250,000 as a lump sum for all timber present in a given area that Wagner would remove for McNeely. The contract estimated that the volume in the...

Wade filed his Federal income tax return on time but did not remit the balance due. Compute Wade's failure to pay penalty in each of the following cases. The IRS has not issued a deficiency notice....

The Eggers Corporation filed an amended Form 1120, claiming an additional $400,000 deduction for payments to a contractor for a prior tax year. The amended return was based on the entity's...

Theta Corporation reports the following results for the current year: Gross profits on sales . $220,000 Dividends from less-than-20%-owned domestic corporations .. 100,000 Operating expenses 218,000...

Congress adopted a law to provide insurance to protect wheat farmers. The agency in charge of the program adopted regulations to govern applications for this insurance. These regulations were...

Tiger, Inc., a calendar year S corporation, is owned equally by four shareholders: Ann, Becky, Chris, and David. Tiger owns investment land that was purchased for $160,000 four years ago. On...

When evaluating new projects and investments, the ABC Corporation calculates after-tax cash flows and earnings assuming the firms marginal tax rate equals the top federal statutory tax rate of 35%....

Mr. and Mrs. Soon are the sole shareholders of SW Inc. For the last three years, SW has employed their son as a sales representative and paid him a $30,000 annual salary. During a recent IRS audit,...

Ms. P, age 51, plans to save $5,000 this year toward her retirement. She is considering three different investments. First, she could make a nondeductible contribution to a traditional IRA earning 5...

Describe to a married couple three advantages of making the gift-splitting election.

King County, Washington, hired Frank Coluccio Construction Co. (FCCC) to act as general contractor for a public works project involving the construction of a small utility tunnel under the Duwamish...

Your auditing firm has just landed a new client: a large software company managed by two brothers who together own 15 percent of the stock. You learn that the company fired its last auditor. You also...

Berts Sporting Goods, Inc., with stores located throughout the state of Lys, sells a wide variety of sporting goods, including guns. Section 123.45 of the Lys Penal Code requires sellers of guns to...

The Greater Gulf State Fair, Inc. operated the Gulf State Fair in Mobile County, Alabama. One of the events at the fair was a mechanical bull ride, and participants paid money to ride the mechanical...

Tammy Olsen has owned 100% of the common stock of Green Corporation (basis of $75,000) since the corporation's formation in 2005. In 2012, when Green had E & P of $320,000, the corporation...

The Whitewater LLP is equally owned by three partners and has the following balance sheet at the end of the current tax year: Partner Petula is an active (i.e., general) partner retiring from the...

Consider the three aspects of the fraud triangle. If you were hired by the board of directors to tell them what they could do to prevent fraud, what general activities would you tell them to engage...

You started the Triangular Frisbee Company as a small operation. When the product went over big, you decided to seek outside funding to build a larger company. Your lawyer explained to you the costs...

Reggie, who is 55, had AGI of $32,000 in 2016. During the year, he paid the following medical expenses: Drugs (prescribed by physicians) .............................. $200 Marijuana (prescribed by...

James Duke filed a suit against Pacific Telephone & Telegraph Company (PT&T) and two of its employees for invasion of privacy through unauthorized wiretapping. Duke claimed that defendants employees...

In 2002, Farrokh and Scheherezade Sharabianlou were looking for a location for a printing business. They signed a purchase agreement to buy a building owned by Berenstein Associates for $2 million...

Adrian was awarded an academic scholarship to State University for the 2014- 2015 academic year. He received $6,500 in August and $7,200 in December 2014. Adrian had enough personal savings to pay...

Kubota Tractor Corp. makes farm, industrial, and outdoor equipment. Its franchise contracts allow Kubota to enter into dealership agreements with others at any location. Kejzar Motors, Inc., is a...

Rich, a club member, left his golf clubs with Bogan, the pro at the Happy Hours Country Club, to be refinished at Bogans pro shop. The refinisher employed by Bogan suddenly left town, taking Richs...

What is the key factor in determining whether Buy-Mart is liable under this doctrine? Lynne Meyer, on her way to a business meeting and in a hurry, stopped at a Buy-Mart store for a new pair of...

Lynn is a salesperson who entertains clients at business luncheons. A business relationship exists for the entertainment, and there is a reasonable expectation of business benefit. However, no...

Pizza of Gaithersburg and The Pizza Shops (Pizza Shops) contracted with Virginia Coffee Service (Virginia) to install vending machines in each of their restaurants. One year later, the Macke Company...

Anne is employed by Bradley Contracting Company. Bradley has a $1.3 million contract to build a small group of outbuildings in a national park. Anne alleges that Bradley Contracting has discriminated...

A famous New York City hotel, Hotel Lux, is noted for its food, as well as its luxury accommodations. Hotel Lux contracts with a famous chef, Chef Perlee, to become the hotels head chef at $6,000 per...

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Valence Corporation's Form 1120S shows ordinary income of $88,000 for the year. Daniel owns 40% of the Valence stock throughout the year. The following information is obtained from the corporate...

Alpha Corporation purchases 20% of Theta Corporation stock from Milt on August 10 of the current year. Alpha purchases an additional 30% of the stock from Nick on November 15 of the current year....

Plaintiff, a Swiss corporation, entered into contracts to purchase chicken from B.N.S. International Sales Corporation. Defendant was a New York corporation. The English language contracts called for...

Germanie Fequiere executed and delivered a promissory note in the principal amount of $ 240,000 to BNC Mortgage. As security for the note, Fequiere executed and delivered a mortgage on real property....

The County of Contra Costa, California, held a tax sale in which it offered for sale a vacant piece of property located in the city of El Cerrito. Richard J. Schultz, a carpenter, saw the notice of...

In what ways do e-business transactions pose heightened fraud risks?

Jim is the owner and president of ZZZ Company. He and his close friend, Dan, graduated with MBAs. They always dreamed about being successful and making lots of money. They have worked in the same...

Discount Plus Company has been concerned for some time about its cash flows. Since the company began five years ago, Discounts business has increased steadily, yet cash flows have remained virtually...

International Paint Company wants to sell a large tract of land with several facilities on it to U.S. Parts Inc. As acquisitions manager for U.S. Parts, what do you need to know before buying this...

Parchment, Inc., is created with the following asset and liability contributions. Jake and Fran each receive 100 shares of Parchment common stock. *The land is subject to a mortgage of $20,000 that...

Flicker Corporation, a calendar year taxpayer, manufactures yogurt that it wholesales to grocery stores and other food outlets. The company also operates a yogurt shop near its factory, where it...

Corporation Hs auditors prepared the following reconciliation between book and tax-able income. Hs tax rate is 34 percent. Net income before tax .$600,000 Permanent book/tax differences .. 15,000...

Describe the effect of a $100,000 cash distribution paid on January 1 to the sole shareholder of a calendar year corporation whose stock basis is $25,000 when the corporation has a. $100,000 of...

A&P Grocery Stores decided to sell its own brand of canned milk (referred to as private label milk). A&P asked its longtime supplier, Borden, to submit an offer to produce the private label milk....

1. What is the term for the type of e-mail that Donahue received offering a sample of the nutritional supplement? 2. Assuming that the information contained in the e-mail was not false or misleading,...

Using the legend provided, classify each of the following tax sources. Legend P = Primary tax source S = Secondary tax source B = Both N = Neither a. Sixteenth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution. b....

Karen writes Bob a long letter in which she falsely accuses him of stealing her bike. Bob is outraged because no one has ever questioned his character in that way before. He is so incensed that he...

Steem Advertising Corporation acquires 100 laptop computers in 2010 for its account executives to use. Steem pays $300,000 for the computers and bundled software. You are the newly hired CPA and you...

Return to the facts of problem 67. Assume that you are the CPA in charge of preparing the tax return for each of the taxpayers in the problem. Based on the Statements on Standards for Tax Services...

Emily and Freda are negotiating with George to purchase the business he operates as Pelican, Inc. The assets of Pelican, Inc., a C corporation, are as follows. *Potential depreciation recapture is...

Suppose your parents founded a wildly successful business in which they still own 90% of the outstanding stock, which is the source of most of their wealth. The basis in their stock is close to zero....

Tootie Corporation operates in two states, as indicated below. All goods are manufactured in State A. Determine the sales to be assigned to both states in computing Tootie's sales factor for the...

1. Is Colwell an individual with a disability under the ADA? Explain. 2. How should Chapman have responded to Colwells request? Explain. 3. A part-time retail clerk who is unable to drive because he...

At the end of the year, before distributions, Bombay (an S corporation) has an accumulated adjustments account balance of $15,000 and accumulated E&P of $20,000 from a previous year as a C...

1. The lower court concluded that the note was non-negotiable and dismissed the bank's attempt to enforce it. Was this an error? 2. Suppose that the note in this case had stated, "The terms of the...

Economy Forms Corp. sold concrete-forming equipment to Kandy. After using the equipment for more than six months, Kandy notified Economy that the equipment was inadequate. Economy Forms alleged that...

While auditing a client, the CEO asks you to look carefully at the cash flow. You notice that cash flows have decreased every year. Upon learning of your findings, the CEO remarks, I seem to bring in...

You are chief executive officer of a toy manufacturing firm. Your firm has been inspected by officials at OSHA, the federal Occupational Safety and Health Administration, for alleged violations of...

In 2000, Ms. Ennis, a head of household, contributed $50,000 in exchange for 500 shares of Seta stock. Seta is a qualified small business. This year, Ms. Ennis sold all 500 shares for $117,400. Her...

Roy dies and is survived by his wife, Marge. Under Roy's will, all of his otherwise uncommitted assets pass to Marge. Based on the property interests listed below, determine the marital deduction...

Negligent in failing to give warning of the approach of its train to a crossing, CC Railroad thereby endangers Larry, a blind man who is about to cross. Mildred, a bystander, in a reasonable effort...

Erin, an employee of Fine Print Shop, is injured on the job. For Erin to obtain workers compensation, does her injury have to have been caused by Fine Prints negligence? Does it matter whether the...

Gi Hwa Park entered into a lease with Landmark HHH, LLC, for retail space in the Plaza at Landmark, a shopping center in Virginia. The lease required that the landlord keep the roof in good repair...

Piedmont Electric Co. gave a list of delinquent accounts to Alexander, an employee, with instructions to discontinue electric service to delinquent customers. Among those listed was Todd Hatchery,...

Compute the taxable income for 2014 for Aiden on the basis of the following information. Aiden is married but has not seen or heard from his wife since 2012. Salary ............................. $...

What is meant by the terms administrative exclusion and judicial exclusion?

Lund offered to sell Steck his car and told Steck that the car had been driven only 25,000 miles and had never been in an accident. Steck hired Carvallo, a mechanic, to appraise the condition of the...

Daniel Fox owned Fox and Lamberth Enterprises, Inc., a kitchen and bath remodeling business, in Dayton, Ohio. Fox leased a building from Carl and Bellulah Hussong. Craftsmen Home Improvement, Inc.,...

SafeCo Manufacturing Company pays $20 to purchase materials from related suppliers in Canada. SafeCo incurs $15 in labor costs at its factory in the United States to fabricate and assemble a garden...

Camden Corporation, a calendar year accrual basis corporation, reported $5 mil-lion of net income after tax on its financial statements prepared in accordance with GAAP. In addition, the following...

Calvin reviewed his cancelled checks and receipts this year for charitable contributions. He has owned the IBM stock and painting since 2005. Calculate Calvin's charitable contribution deduction and...