CHAPTER 19 CORPORATIONS 1. – THE NATURE AND CLASSIFICATION OF CORPORATIONS A corporation is a legal entity created and recognized by state law. It can consist of one or two persons identified under a common name. CORPORATE PERSONNEL When an individual purchases a share of stock in a corporation‚ that person becomes a shareholder and owner of the corporation. Shareholder and corporations are liable. THE LIMITED LIABILITY OF SHAREHOLDER One of the key advantages of the corporate forms
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liability of the shareholders. However‚ under certain circumstances the corporate entity may be disregarded. This is also known as piercing the corporate veil and is the most frequent method for holding the shareholders liable for the acts of a corporation. Corporate officers‚ directors and controlling shareholders have a general fiduciary duty of loyalty and care which should govern all their corporate conduct. Unless they breach that duty by gross negligence or acts in bad faith‚ they usually will
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Comprehensive Income Tax Course: Module 2 Final Exam 1. Fred prepared his own tax return last year. This year Fred decided to have his tax return prepared by a professional. During the interview process Fred’s tax preparer realized Fred needs to repay the education credit he took for his son last year. For which of the following reasons would a taxpayer be required to repay an education credit? a) Taxpayer received a refund of personal living expenses b) Taxpayer received tax-free educational
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4-1 4 Income Statement Usefulness Predicting future performance. 4-2 Evaluate past performance. Help assess the risk or uncertainty of achieving future cash flows. Income Statement Limitations Companies omit items that cannot be measured reliably. 4-3 Income is affected by the accounting methods employed. Income measurement involves judgment. Income Statement Quality of Earnings Companies have incentives to manage income to meet or
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[pic] [pic] Project submitted in partial fulfillment for the award of degree [pic] DECLARATION I hereby declare that this project report titled‚ Income Tax Planning in India with respect to Individual Assessee submitted by me to the Department of Business Management of XXXXX‚ is a bonafide work undertaken by me and it is not submitted to any other University or Institute for the Award of any degree diploma/certificate or published any time before. Date: (XXXX) ACKNOWLEDGEMENT A
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Introduction to Tax SOLUTIONS MANUAL Problems 34) [LO3] Chuck‚ a single taxpayer‚ earns $75‚000 in taxable income and $10‚000 in interest from an investment in City of Heflin bonds. Using the U.S. tax rate schedule‚ how much federal tax will he owe? What is his average tax rate? What is his effective tax rate? What is his current marginal tax rate? Chuck will owe $14‚875 in federal income tax this year computed as follows: $14‚875 = $4‚750 + 25%($75‚000 - $34‚500)). Chuck’s
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healthcare‚ income inequality and poverty. Time to time changes in policies have been made‚ perhaps to improve these issues‚ however‚ the gap between rich and poor keeps increasing and there is very little improvement in healthcare and the economy. In fact‚ healthcare keeps on becoming costly. Major issues like income inequality and poverty are not being taken care of by the government. According to Dr. Raphael (2002) poverty is caused by several reasons such as inequality in people’s income‚ weak social
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bank sent her a statement indicating that it had paid the charge on January 3. P may deduct the expense in which cases? a. 1 b. 1 and 2 c. 1 and 3 d. 1‚ 3‚ and 4 e. 1‚ 2‚ 3‚ and 4 2. The crucial reason for determining whether an item is deductible as an expense under § 162 or under § 212 is that a. production of income expenses are not deductible. b. § 162 business expenses usually are deductions for A.G.I.‚ while § 212 production of income expenses usually are miscellaneous itemized
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Income Level Income level has an effect on behaviors‚ including what people buy and how much they will pay. According to Bieker‚ consumer spending forms two-third of all spending in the economy. A change in consumer income will result in consumers buying more or less of product at all possible prices and also cause a change in demand and a shift of the demand curve. If the income and savings of consumers are high (the high consumer spending level)‚ their purchase is parallel or even more expensive
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You are required to prepare an investigative report on a recent corporate scandal that involved improper accounting practices or any form of financial scandal. Your report must include the following: an overview of the corporation a description of the scandal methodology - explaining the specific accounting impropriety that the company used. an explanation of how the firm managed to hide their accounting improprieties a discussion of who the scandal effected - both inside‚ and outside
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