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ACC 455 CART Quest For Excellence/acc455cartdotcom
  • FOR MORE CLASSES VISIT
  • www.acc455cart.com

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ACC 455 Entire Course
  • ACC 455 Week 1 Individual assignment Tax Return
    Position Paper
  • ACC 455 Week 1 DQ 1
  • ACC 455 Week 1 DQ 2
  • ACC 455 Week 1 DQ 3
  • ACC 455 Week 2 Individual Assignment Problem Set
  • ACC 455 Week 2 Team Assignment Outline for Week 3
  • ACC 455 Week 2 DQ 1

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ACC 455 Week 1 DQ 1
  • Do the following decisions have the same
    precedential value (1) Tax Court regular
    decisions, (2) Tax Court memo decisions (3)
    decisions under the small cases procedure of the
    Tax Court? Why? Which of the following sources do
    you think would be most beneficial for your
    client (1) Tax Court regular decisions, (2) Tax
    Court memo decisions, (3) decisions under the
    small cases procedure of the Tax Court, or (4)
    Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals?

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ACC 455 Week 1 DQ 2
  • What constitutes substantial authority for a
    position taken on a tax return? What options do
    you have if substantial authority is lacking?

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ACC 455 Week 1 DQ 3
  • What business entities are available for a new
    business? What are the tax and nontax advantages
    of each form? Select two business types and
    provide an example of when that selection is most
    appropriate from a tax perspective and from a
    nontax perspective.

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ACC 455 Week 1 Individual assignment Tax Return
Position Paper
  • Suppose you have a concern about taking a
    particular position on a tax return.
  • Write a 700-word paper that discusses the
    following
  • What are the primary sources of tax
    law?
  • What are the secondary sources of tax
    law?
  • What is substantial authority?

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ACC 455 Week 2 DQ 1
  • What are the alternative tax years available to a
    corporation? What factors should be considered in
    electing the tax year?

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ACC 455 Week 2 DQ 2
  • What methods of accounting are available to a
    small business and to a large business? If the
    business decides to make an accounting methods
    change, how is this accomplished?

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ACC 455 Week 2 DQ 3
  • What are the requirements for the following
    deductions U.S. production activity deduction,
    dividend received deduction, and net operating
    loss? Discuss any recent legislative changes.

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ACC 455 Week 2 DQ 4
  • What is the legislative intent behind the
    corporate alternative minimum tax (AMT)? Define
    tax preference items, AMT adjustment, and minimum
    tax credit.

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ACC 455 Week 2 Individual Assignment Problem Set
  • Complete the problems found in Ch. 2 of Prentice
    Halls Federal Taxation 2010 Corporations.
  • C2-6
  • C2-40
  • C2-45
  • Read the scenario and respond to the questions.
  • Support your answers with calculations, as needed.

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ACC 455 Week 2 Team Assignment Outline for Week 3
  • Please Provide a brief outline of how the team
    will be setting up the team problem in week 3.
    Please indicate who will be responsible for each
    section and a timeline to complete

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ACC 455 Week 3 DQ 1
  • How does a corporation compute earnings and
    profits (EP)? What income is deferred to a later
    year when computing taxable income but is
    included in EP in the current year? What
    deductions are allowed for taxable income
    purposes but denied for EP?

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ACC 455 Week 3 DQ 2
  • Distinguish between current and accumulated
    earnings and profits. Why is it important to make
    this distinction?

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ACC 455 Week 3 DQ 3
  • What is a stock redemption? What are some reasons
    for redeeming stock? Why are some redemptions
    treated as sales and others as dividends?

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ACC 455 Week 3 Team Assignment Problem Set
  • Complete the problems found in Ch. 3 5 of
    Prentice Halls Federal Taxation 2010
    Corporations with your Learning Team.
  • C3-8 Discussion Question
  • C5-10 Discussion Question
  • C3-35 Problem
  • C3-38 Problem

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ACC 455 Week 4 DQ 1
  • Sue and Bill plan to open an accounting firm and
    expect to work full time in the firm. They expect
    to incur a small loss during their first year of
    operation and expect to be profitable after the
    first year. What are the tax law requirements for
    structuring the business as a partnership or an S
    corporation? Which would you recommend and why?

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ACC 455 Week 4 DQ 2
  • Bob and Dave plan to start a business. Bob will
    contribute land and Dave will contribute
    services. Would you recommend this business be
    formed as a partnership or as an S corporation?
    Why?

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ACC 455 Week 4 DQ 3
  • What are separately stated items on a K-1? Why is
    it necessary to separate these items from
    ordinary income?

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ACC 455 Week 4 DQ 4
  • What is the difference between a distribution and
    a distributive share? How do these affect the
    owners K-1 and individual taxes?

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ACC 455 Week 4 Individual Assignment Problem Set
  • Complete the problems found in Ch. 4 6 of
    Prentice Halls Federal Taxation 2010
    Corporations.
  • C6-8 Discussion Question
  • C4-34 Problem
  • C4-36 Problem
  • Read the scenario and respond to the questions.
  • Support your answers with calculations, as needed.

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ACC 455 Week 4 Team Assignment Outline for Week 5
  • Please Provide a brief outline of how the team
    will be setting up the team problem in week 5.
    Please indicate who will be responsible for each
    section and a timeline to complete

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ACC 455 Week 5 DQ 1
  • What is a liquidating distribution? What is a
    nonliquidating distribution? Provide an example
    of each.

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ACC 455 Week 5 DQ 2
  • What is an inadvertent termination of an S
    election? How does an S corporation and its
    shareholders rectify an inadvertent termination?
    What could happen if a company fails to rectify
    the termination?

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ACC 455 Week 5 DQ 3
  • What events will cause an S election to
    terminate? What would you recommend S
    corporations do to plan for an orderly
    termination of an S election?

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ACC 455 Week 5 DQ 4
  • A C corporation has incurred substantial losses
    and the owners have decided to close the
    business. What considerations should the owners
    make in this termination? Should they consider
    making an S election and then later, terminating
    the S corporation? If you were their tax advisor,
    what would you recommend?

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ACC 455 Week 5 Team Assignment Problem Set
  • Complete the problems found in Ch. 9, 10, 11 of
    Federal Taxation 2010 Corporations with your
    Learning Team.
  • C9-35 Problem
  • C11-45 Problem
  • C10-4 Discussion Question (Ch. 10)
  • C11-47 Problem )

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  • FOR MORE CLASSES VISIT
  • www.acc455cart.com
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