Memo To: John and Jane Smith From: Date: 10/12/14 Re: Memo summarizing various tax issues 1. John Smith’s Tax Issues Issue (a): How is the $300‚000 treated for purposes of federal tax income? John Smith is an attorney who received $300‚000 for winning a personal injury court case for a client. The $300‚000 should be reported as gross income when he files his tax return for the year that the $300‚000 was received. Applicable Law and Analysis The applicable tax law is Title 26 U
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Memo To: John and Jane Smith From: Jaleesa Branch Date: 10/6/14 Re: Memo summarizing various tax issues 1. John Smith’s Tax Issues Issue (a): How is the $300‚000 treated for purposes of federal tax income? The $300‚000 is treated as business income. After deducting all of the business expenses‚ the remaining amount will be the taxable income. Lawyers either work on a salary in a big law firm‚ or work directly with clients and collect the fees from these clients. If it
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Page 1 The problem is found on page 313 of your textbook. Here is it‚ recapped: 2. Douglas Margreiter was severely injured in New Orleans on the night of April 6‚ 1976. He was the chief of the pharmacy section of the Colorado Department of Social Services and was in New Orleans to attend the annual meeting of the American Pharmaceutical Association. On Tuesday evening‚ April 6‚ Mr. Margreiter had dinner at the Royal Sonesta Hotel with two associates from Colorado who were attending the meeting
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Week 2 Homework – GM520 Brad Booth 1. State the administrative agency which controls the regulation. Explain why this agency and your proposed regulation interests you (briefly). Will this proposed regulation affect you or the business in which you are working? If so‚ how? Submit a copy of the proposed regulation along with your responses to these five questions. The proposed regulation can be submitted as either a separate Word document (.doc) or Adobe file (.pdf). This means you will submit
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You Decide Recommendation The economy has been in a rough shape for a number of years. Many people have lost their jobs‚ their homes‚ their savings‚ and their confidence. Although the recession lasted for a while‚ the nation is going through a recovery mode. As the new senior economic advisor to the President of the United States‚ I need to recommend a plan of action to help curve inflation‚ unemployment‚ and economic instability. First‚ I have to take a look at what my colleagues recommend and
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that provides him a deduction of $42‚000 per year or $3‚500*12 (26 USC § 162 (a) 3) (Law Cornell‚ 2012). He is allowed this deduction since the lease is required for his business to continue‚ and he has no title or equity in the building. If he decides to purchase the building‚ then he will no longer have this deduction. Capital purchases are not allowed for any expenditure for new buildings or to improve property (Code §263 a 1) (Tax Almanac‚ 2007‚ May 22). John and Jane could establish traditional
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You Decide GM 545 Fall 2010 Mr. President‚ Monetary and fiscal policy are two ways in which governments attempt to achieve full level of employment‚ economic growth‚ and price stability. As you are aware‚ fiscal policy decisions are made by the President and Congress and demand the use of government spending and taxation to influence the economy; the monetary policies are maintained by the Federal Reserve. After careful consideration of the advice of Economic Advisers and Federal Reserve
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Week 2 Homework GM520. 1. State the administrative agency which controls the regulation. Explain why this agency and your proposed regulation interests you (briefly). Will this proposed regulation affect you or the business in which you are working? If so‚ how? Submit a copy of the proposed regulation along with your responses to these five questions. The proposed regulation can be submitted as either a separate Word document (.doc) or Adobe file (.pdf). This means you will submit two attachments
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As the CFO of Marysville General Hospital‚ I realize we have a serious accounts receivable problem here. It has gotten out of control‚ and we are going to get it back in control. All it takes is a little effort from everyone to get us back on here. With the process improvement plan I am proposing‚ I will need the assistance and cooperation of the medical staff‚ the clinical departments‚ the business office‚ health information management‚ and all other departments. To propose my plan of improving
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1-A: How is the $300‚000 treated for purposes of Federal tax income? The tax issue here is that John Smith wants to know how the $300‚000 he earned through his client fee is taxed. The $300‚000 is taxed as ordinary income and is taxed in the year received. John Smith worked on the case for two years but he did not earn the $300‚000 until this year so he will include it in this year’s taxable income. Therefore John Smith needs to include the entire $300‚000 as ordinary income on his Federal
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