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Jazz Corporation owns 50% of the Williams Corp. stock. Williams distributed a $10,000 dividend to Jazz Corporation. Jazz Corp.'s taxable income before the dividend was $100,000. What is the amount of Jazz's dividends received deduction on the dividend it received from Williams Corp.?


A) $0
B) $7,000
C) $8,000
D) $10,000

E) A) and B)
F) A) and C)

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WFO Corporation has gross receipts according to the following schedule: If WFO began business as a cash-method corporation in Year 1, in which year would it have first been required to use the accrual method?  Year 1 $2 million  Year 2 $4 million  Year 3 $6 million  Year 4 $4.5 million  Year 5 $5 million  Year 6 $7 million \begin{array} { | l | l | } \hline \text { Year 1 } & \$ 2 \text { million } \\\hline \text { Year 2 } & \$ 4 \text { million } \\\hline \text { Year 3 } & \$ 6 \text { million } \\\hline \text { Year 4 } & \$ 4.5 \text { million } \\\hline \text { Year 5 } & \$ 5 \text { million } \\\hline \text { Year 6 } & \$ 7 \text { million } \\\hline\end{array}


A) Year 3
B) Year 4
C) Year 5
D) Year 6
E) None of these

F) A) and E)
G) A) and C)

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Which of the following does NOT create a permanent book-tax difference?


A) Organizational and start-up expenses
B) Key employee death benefit income
C) Fines and penalties expenses
D) Municipal bond interest income

E) A) and B)
F) C) and D)

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Which of the following is unnecessary to allow an accrual-method corporation to deduct charitable contributions before actually paying the contribution to charity?


A) Approval of the payment from the board of directors.
B) Approval from the IRS prior to making the contribution.
C) Payment made within three and one-half months of the tax year-end.
D) All of these are necessary.

E) B) and D)
F) A) and C)

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Remsco has taxable income of $60,000 and a charitable contribution limit modified taxable income of $72,000. Its charitable contributions for the year were $7,500. What is Remsco's current-year charitable contribution deduction and contribution carryover?


A) $6,000 current-year deduction; $1,500 carryover
B) $7,500 current-year deduction; $0 carryover
C) $1,200 current-year deduction; $6,300 carryover
D) $7,200 current-year deduction; $300 carryover

E) B) and C)
F) None of the above

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A nonqualified stock option will create a permanent book-tax difference in a given year if it accrues during the year but is exercised in a later year. A deductible temporary difference (deferred tax asset) is created in the year the option accrues and is recorded as an expense for book purposes.

A) True
B) False

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Both Schedules M-1 and M-3 require taxpayers to identify book-tax differences as either temporary or permanent. Schedule M-1 is less detailed than Schedule M-3 and does not require the taxpayer to distinguish between temporary and permanent differences.

A) True
B) False

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Rapidpro Inc. had more than $1,000,000 of taxable income two years prior to the current year. It would like to use its prior year tax liability (which was very low but above zero) to determine its quarterly estimated payments this year. Which of the following statements is true?


A) Rapidpro may use the prior year tax liability to determine its first and second quarter estimated tax payments only since it is a large corporation.
B) To avoid penalty, the second quarter estimated payment must be large enough to cover 50 percent of its estimated annual tax liability annualized from its first quarter estimated taxable income (assume it does not rely on its current year actual tax liability to determine its estimated tax payment) .
C) To avoid penalty, the third quarter estimated payment must be large enough to cover 50 percent of its estimated annual tax liability annualized from its third quarter estimated taxable income (assume it does not rely on its current year actual tax liability to determine its estimated tax payment) .
D) None of these is true.

E) A) and C)
F) None of the above

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In 2016, US Sys Corporation received $250,000 in death benefits after its CEO (a key employee) died (it included this amount in book income). For book purposes, US Sys also expensed life insurance premiums for other key employees in the amount of $20,000. In addition, for book purposes, it expensed $10,000 of meals and entertainment expenditures. What is the total book-tax difference associated with these items? Is it favorable or unfavorable? What amount of the book-tax difference is temporary and what amount is permanent?

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$225,000 favorable, ...

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Urban Corporation receives tax-exempt income from Denver municipal bonds. All the proceeds from the bonds were used to fund public projects. In computing adjusted current earnings in its AMT computation, Urban must add back the interest income from its municipal bonds. Only tax-exempt interest from a private activity bond is an adjustment in computing adjusted current earnings in the AMT computation.

A) True
B) False

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Although a corporation may report a temporary book-tax difference for an item of income or deduction for a given year, over the long term the total amount of income or deduction it reports with respect to that item will be the same for both book and tax purposes.

A) True
B) False

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For a corporation, goodwill created in an asset acquisition generally leads to temporary book-tax differences.

A) True
B) False

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Controlled group provisions in the tax law prevent taxpayers from splitting a corporation into several smaller corporations to take advantage of low marginal corporate tax rates at low levels of income.

A) True
B) False

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IndusTree Inc. received $1,800,000 from the sale of a property in 2016. The property's adjusted basis for regular tax purposes was $200,000 at the time of the sale. The property's adjusted basis for AMT purposes was $290,000. What is the amount of the AMT adjustment due to the sale of the asset? Does it increase or decrease AMTI?

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$90,000 decrease to AMTI
Explanation: Th...

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Corporations are not allowed to deduct charitable contributions in excess of 10% of the corporation's taxable income (before the charitable contribution and certain other deductions).

A) True
B) False

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Which of the following statements regarding capital gains and losses is false?


A) In terms of tax treatment, corporations generally prefer capital gains to ordinary income.
B) Like individuals, corporations can deduct $3,000 of net capital losses against ordinary income in a given year.
C) C corporations can carryback net capital losses three years and they can carry them forward for five years.
D) Corporations must apply capital loss carrybacks and carryovers in a particular order.

E) A) and B)
F) B) and C)

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In 2016, Webtel Corporation donated $50,000 to a qualifying charity. For the year, it reported taxable income of $310,000, which included the following: the $50,000 charitable contribution (before limitation), a $100,000 dividends received deduction, and a $20,000 net operating loss carryover. What is Webtel Corp.'s charitable contribution deduction?

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$46,000, c...

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Over what time period do corporations amortize purchased goodwill for tax purposes?


A) 180 months
B) 150 months
C) 60 months
D) None of these

E) All of the above
F) C) and D)

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ValuCo gives you the following information: What is its ACE adjustment for the year? Is it favorable or unfavorable?

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blured image $55,500, unfavorable
Explanation: Two o...

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On January 1, 2015, GrowCo issued 50,000 nonqualified stock options (NQOs) valued at $1 per option. Each option entitles the owner to purchase one share of stock for $4. These options vest (accrue) at 20 percent per year for five years beginning in 2015. By the end of 2016, 20,000 of the options had vested. At the end of 2016, these options were exercised when the stock price is $6.25. What is the total value of the book-tax difference associated with the stock options for 2016? Is it favorable or unfavorable? How much of the adjustment is permanent and how much is temporary? (Note that ASC 718 applies to these transactions.)

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$35,000, favorable. $25,000 of the adjus...

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