Reference no: EM13832947

Part -1:

1) Dick Jones, a single taxpayer, had $70,000 in taxable income before personal exemptions in the current year. Jones had no tax preferences. His itemized deductions were as follows:

State and local income taxes    $5,000
Home mortgage interest on loan to acquire residence  6,000
Miscellaneous deductions exceeding 2% of AGI  2,000

What amount did Jones report as alternative minimum taxable income before the AMT exemption?

a. $72,000
b. $83,000
c. $75,000
d. $77,000

2) The alternative minimum tax (AMT) is computed as follows:

a. Excess of the tentative AMT over the regular tax.
b. The tentative AMT plus the regular tax.
c. Lesser of the tentative AMT or the regular tax
d. Excess of the regular tax over the tentative AMT

3) Which of the following may not be deducted in the computation of alternative minimum tax of an individual?

a. Traditional IRA account contribution
b. Charitable contributions
c. Personal exemptions
d. One-half of the self-employment tax deduction

4) Martin, a calendar-year individual, files a Year 1 tax return on March 31, Year 2. Martin reports $20,000 of gross income. Martin inadvertently omits $500 of interest income. The IRS may assess additional tax up until which of the following dates?

a. March 31, Year 8
b. April 15, Year 8
c. April 15, Year 5
d. March 31, Year 5

5) Dawn Smith's adjusted gross income on her Year 1 tax return was $100,000. The amount covered a 12-month period. For the Year 2 tax year, the minimum payments required from Smith to avoid the penalty for the underpayment of estimated tax is:

a. 90% of the current tax on the return for the current year in four equal installments or 100% of the prior year's tax liability paid in four equal installments

b. 90% of the current tax on the return for the current year in four equal installments or 110% of the prior year's tax liability paid in four equal installments

c. 110% of the prior year's tax liability paid in four equal installments only

d. 100% of the prior year's tax liability paid in four equal installments only

6) How may taxes paid by an individual to a foreign country be treated?

a. As an itemized deduction subject to the 2% of AGI floor
b. As an adjustment to gross income
c. As a non-deductible expense
d. As a credit against federal income taxes due

7) Which of the following statements about the child and dependent care credit is correct?

a. The child must be under the age of 18 years
b. The maximum credit is $600
c. The child must be a direct descendant of the taxpayer
d. The credit is non-refundable

8) An employee who has had social security tax withheld in an amount greater than the maximum for a particular year may claim:

a. Such excess as either a credit or an itemized deduction, at the election of the employee, if that excess resulted from correct withholding by two or more employers

b. The excess as a credit against income tax, if that excess was withheld by one employer

c. Reimbursement of such excess from his employers, if that excess resulted from correct withholding by two or more employers

d. The excess as a credit against income tax, if that excess resulted from correct withholding by two or more employers.

9) Which one of the following statements concerning the American Opportunity Credit is not correct?

a. The credit is available for the first four years of post-secondary education
b. The credit is available on a per student basis
c. To be eligible for the credit, the student must be enrolled full-time for at least one academic period during the year
d. If a parent claims a child as a dependent, any qualified expenses paid by the child are deemed to be paid by the parent

10) Which one of the following statements concerning the Lifetime Learning Credit is not correct?
a. The credit is 20% of the first $10,000 of qualified tuition and related expenses
b. Qualifying expenses include the cost of tuition for graduate courses at an eligible educational institution
c. The credit may be claimed for an unlimited number of years
d. The credit is available on a per student basis

Part -2:

1) If a taxpayer in the 28% tax bracket has the opportunity to invest in a taxable corporate bond that pays 6% interest or to invest in a tax-exempt municipal bond that pays 3.5% interest (assuming that all other elements of the two bonds, e.g., risk, are equal and that taxable interest would not put the taxpayer in a higher tax bracket), which investment (without considering any effect of state and local taxes) would generate the greater after-tax yield?

2) Jane, age 65, who lives with her unmarried son, Jack, received $7,000, which was used for her support during the year. Her sources of support were as follows:

Social Security Benefits  $1,500
Jack  2,600
Carol, an unrelated friend  800
Dwayne, Jane's son  500
Emma, Jane's sister  1,600
Total  $7,000

a. Who is eligible to claim Jane as a dependent?

b. What must be done before Jack can claim the exemption?

c. Can anyone claim head-of-household status based on Jane's dependency exemption? Explain.

d. Can Jack claim an old age allowance for his mother? Explain.

3) On March 1 of the previous year, a parent sold stock with a cost of $9,000 to her child, for $6,000, its fair market value. On September 30 of the current year, the child sold the same stock for $7,500 to Jones, who is unrelated to the parent and child. What is the proper treatment for these transactions?

a. Parent has a $3,000 recognized loss and child has $1,500 recognized gain.

b. Parent has $3,000 recognized loss and child has $0 recognized gain.

c. Parent has $0 recognized loss and child has $0 recognized gain.

d. Parent has $0 recognized loss and child has $1,500 recognized gain.

4) Alonzo, a single taxpayer, has adjusted gross income of $30,000 in the current year. During the year, a hurricane causes $4,100 damage to Alonzo's personal use car on which he has no insurance. Alonzo purchased the car for $20,000. Immediately before the hurricane, the car's fair market value was $11,000 and immediately after the hurricane its fair market value was $6,900. What amount should Alonzo deduct as a casualty loss for the current year after all threshold limitations are applied?

5) In the current tax year, Boris earned $120,000 from his job as a master plumber. In addition, he received $40,000 of income from Activity A, and lost $30,000, and 25,000 from Activities B and C respectively. Activities A, B, and C are passive activities that Boris acquired in the current year. What amount of loss may Boris deduct on his current year taxes with respect to each activity? What amount of loss, if any, must be carried over to the subsequent year for each activity?

6) Wanda owns a non-depreciable capital asset she has held for investment. She purchased the asset for $200,000 six years ago, and it is now subject to a $54,000 liability. During the current year, Wanda sells the asset to Steve in exchange for $85,000 cash and a new automobile with a fair market value of $45,000 to be used by Wanda for personal use. Steve assumes the $54,000 liability. Calculate the amount of Wanda's Long Term Capital Gain or her Long Term Capital Loss on this sale.

7) Doris acquired a machine at a cost of $30,000 for use in her business, and she placed it in service on April 1, 2014. The machine is depreciated under MACRS, with a 7-year recovery period. This machine was the only asset Doris purchased this year. Doris elects to expense $25,000 of the acquisition cost under IRC Sec. 179.

a) What is Doris's total depreciation deduction for the machine in 2014?

b) Doris then sells the machine on October 5, 2016 for $8,000. Calculate Doris's depreciation deductions for 2014 through 2016, the adjusted basis of the machine on October 5, 2016, and the gain or loss on the sale.

8) Walter swaps his warehouse for Sally's office building, and the exchange qualifies as a like-kind exchange. Walter's adjusted basis for the warehouse is $500,000 and the warehouse is subject to a liability of $150,000. The FMV of Sally's office building is $740,000 and it is subject to a liability of $95,000. Each asset is transferred subject to the liability. What is Walter's recognized gain, if any, on the transaction; and what is his basis in the office building?

9) A taxpayer sold for $250,000 equipment that had an adjusted basis of $220,000. Through the date of the sale, the taxpayer had deducted $40,000 of depreciation. Of this amount, $27,000 was in excess of straight-line depreciation. What amount of gain would be recaptured under Section 1245 (Gain from Dispositions of Certain Depreciable Property)?

a. $40,000
b. $27,000
c. $13,000
d. $30,000

10) In 2014, David, a single 18-year old taxpayer, received a salary of $3,600 and interest income of $1,800. He had $600 in itemized deductions. Calculate David's taxable income assuming he is (a) self-supporting and (b) a dependent of his parents.

11) Jack and Jill are a married couple with one dependent child. In 2014, their salaries totaled $105,000, and they suffered a capital loss of $10,000. They also received $2,000 of tax-exempt interest. They paid home mortgage interest of $12,000, state income taxes of $5,000, and medical expenses of $3,500. They also contributed $5,000 to charity, and made a $10,000 deductible IRA contribution. On their 2014 Married Filing Joint tax return what is their (a) adjusted gross income; (b) their total itemized deductions; (c) the amount of their exemptions; and (d) their taxable income.

12) Wendy is a single taxpayer, whose salary was $62,000 in 2014. In that year, she also suffered a $6,000 short-term capital loss. Her itemized deductions for the year totaled $5,000. What are Wendy's 2014 (a) adjusted gross income; (b) taxable income; and (c) tax liability?

13) During 2014, Bertha incurred the following costs associated with her beachfront condominium in Myrtle Beach:

Insurance $ 800
Repairs & maintenance 600
Mortgage interest 3,500
Property taxes 1,500
Utilities 900

Bertha could also have deducted a total of $13,000 in depreciation if the property had been acquired and used only for investment purposes. However, during the year, Bertha used the condominium 28 days for a much needed vacation. She rented it out for 90 days during the year, which resulted in total gross income of $10,000. Bertha elected to use Tax Court method for allocating mortgage interest and property taxes to rental income.

(a) What total deduction amount (i) for AGI and (ii) from AGI may Bertha claim for the above condominium costs during 2014? Explain.

(b) What is the effect of the above costs on Bertha's basis in her condominium?

14) During 2014, Linda suffered serious injuries in an automobile accident. She incurred the following costs as a result:

Doctor bills $15,700
Hospital bills 10,300
Physical therapy to recover full mobility 5,000
Transportation to/from hospital and doctor's office 200

Linda is single with no dependents. Her 2014 salary was $68,000. She paid $1,000 in medical and dental insurance premiums, which were withheld from her salary on an after tax basis, $4,250 in mortgage interest on her personal residence, and $1,500 in interest on her car loan. She was reimbursed for $15,000 in medical expenses by her health insurer.

Calculate her 2014 taxable income.

15) Lucy owns 150 shares of Apex Corp., a publicly traded company, which Lucy purchased on January 1, Year 1, for $15,000. On January 1, Year 3, Apex declared a 2- for-1 stock split when the fair market value (FMV) of the stock was $140 per share.

Immediately following the split, the FMV of Apex stock was $65 per share. On February 1, Year 3, Lucy had her broker sell 120 shares of the Apex stock she received in the split when the FMV of the stock was $70 per share. What amount should Lucy recognize as long-term capital gain income on her Form 1040, U.S. Individual Income Tax Return, for Year 3?

16) In the current year, Cline sold land with a basis of $60,000 to Johnson for $100,000. Johnson paid $20,000 down and agreed to pay $16,000 per year, plus interest, for the next five years, beginning in the second year. Under the installment method, what gain should Cline include in gross income in the year following the year of sale?

17) Betty files as head of household in 2014. She had taxable income of $80,000, including the sale of stock she held for investment for two years for a $15,000 gain. Betty sold no other assets during the year, and she did not have any capital loss carryovers.

a. What is Betty's 2014 tax liability?

b. What would Betty's 2014 tax liability be if he had held the stock for 10 months?

18) Regina, a calendar-year taxpayer, purchased used furniture and fixtures for use in her business and placed the property in service on September 1, 2014. The furniture and fixtures cost $46,000 and represented Regina's only acquisition of depreciable property during the year. Regina did not elect to expense any part of the cost of the property under Sec. 179. What is the amount of Regina's depreciation deduction for the furniture and fixtures under the Modified Accelerated Cost Recovery System (MACRS) for 2014?

a. $ 2,667
b. $ 6,573
c. $ 8,000
d. $16,000

19) Baxley owned a parcel of investment real estate that had an adjusted basis of $35,000 and a fair market value of $50,000. During 2014, Baxley exchanged his investment real estate for the items of property listed below.

Land to be held for investment (fair market value) $45,000

A used motorcycle Baxley will use for recreation (fair market value) 3,500

Cash 1,500

What is Baxley's recognized gain and basis in his new investment real estate?

20) Josephus, an unmarried taxpayer filing single with no dependents, has AGI of $200,000 and reports the following items in 2014:

Taxable income $160,000

Tax preferences 10,000

AMT Adjustments related to itemized deductions 30,000

Regular tax liability 37,976

What is Josephus's AMT liability for 2014?

Part -3:

1) Rogers owns land that is operated as a parking lot. A shed was erected on the lot for the related transactions with customers. With regard to capital assets and Section 1231 assets, how should these assets be classified?

           Land             Shed
a.       Capital          Capital
b.  Section 1231      Capital
c.  Section 1231     Section 1231
d.  Capital             Section 1231

2) Which of the following sales should be reported as a capital gain?
a. Sale of equipment.
b. Sale of inventory.
c. Real property subdivided and sold by a dealer.
d. Government bonds sold by an individual investor.

3) Which of the following items is a capital asset?
a. Real property used in a trade or business.
b. Accounts receivable for inventory sold.
c. An automobile for personal use.
d. Depreciable business property.

4) A heavy equipment dealer would like to trade some business assets in a nontaxable exchange.

Which of the following exchanges would qualify as nontaxable?
a. A road grader held in inventory for another road grader.
b. The company jet for a large truck to be used in the corporation.
c. A corporate office building for a vacant lot.
d. Investment securities for antiques to be held as investments.

5) A sole proprietor of a farm implement store sold a truck for $15,000 that had been used to make service calls. The truck cost $30,000 three years ago, and $21,360 depreciation was taken. What is the appropriate classification of the $6,360 gain for tax purposes?

a. Section 1231 gain.
b. Long-term capital gain.
c. Ordinary gain.
d. Short-term capital gain.

6) Lanham, Inc. incurs the following losses on disposition of business assets during the year:

Loss on the abandonment of office equipment $25,000
Loss on the sale of a building (straight-line
depreciation taken in prior years of $200,000) 250,000
Loss on the sale of delivery trucks 15,000

What is the amount and character of the losses to be reported on Lanham's tax return?
a. $290,000 Section 1231 loss.
b. $40,000 Section 1231 loss only.
c. $40,000 Section 1231 loss, $250,000 long-term capital loss.
d. $40,000 Section 1231 loss, $50,000 long-term capital loss.

7) A taxpayer sold for $200,000 equipment that had an adjusted basis of $180,000. Through the date of the sale, the taxpayer had deducted $30,000 of depreciation. Of this amount, $17,000 was in excess of straight-line depreciation. What amount of gain would be recaptured under Section 1245 (Gain from Dispositions of Certain Depreciable Property)?
a. $20,000
b. $17,000
c. $13,000
d. $30,000

8) Four years ago, a self-employed taxpayer purchased office furniture for $30,000. During the current tax year, the taxpayer sold the furniture for $37,000. At the time of the sale, the taxpayer's depreciation deductions totaled $20,700. What part of the gain is taxed as long-term capital gain?
a. $0
b. $27,700
c. $20,700
d. $7,000

9) Which of the following transactions or events generates a Section 1231 gain or loss. Assume all assets are held for more than one year. For each option, explain your answer.

a. Theft of an uninsured diamond engagement ring, with $8,000 basis and a $15,000 FMV.
b. Gain due to condemnation of land used in a business.
c. Loss on sale of a warehouse.
d. Gain of $4,000 on the sale of equipment. Depreciation deductions allowed were $10,000.

10) Lorenzo owns equipment that cost $500,000 and has an adjusted basis of $230,000. If the straight-line method of depreciation had been used, the adjusted basis would have been $300,000.

a. What is the maximum selling price that Lorenzo could sell the equipment for without having to recognize any Section 1245 ordinary income?

b. If he sold the equipment and had to recognize $61,000 of Section 1245 ordinary income, what was his selling price?