EA Part 1 - Section 2 - Income and Assets Flashcards
Constructively received income must be reported in the tax year it becomes available, regardless of when it is physically received.
Form 1099-NEC = nonemployee compensation
Bartering: is the trading of one product or service for another. Usually there is no exchange of cash. However, the fair market value of the goods and services exchanged must be reported as income by both parties.
Which form do employers use to report wages paid to employees for the previous year? = Form W-2.
Employers are required to give each employee their Form W-2 by January 31.
fringe benefit = is a form of compensation that an employer provides to an employee in addition to their regular salary or wages. Fringe benefits can be monetary or non-monetary, and can include:
Monetary benefits
Health insurance, life insurance, retirement plans, vacation pay, bonuses, and employee discounts
Non-monetary benefits
Company cars, gym memberships, free meals or snacks, adoption assistance, and experiences
Life insurance payout is not taxable when the payment was the result of the death of insured. True if proceed were paid under an accident or health insurance policy. However, interest received as a result of life insurance proceeds e.g annuity is taxable.
If you earn less than $10 interest income you don’t have to report schedule B. If you earn more than $1,500 interest income and dividend you have to report schedule B ‘Interest and Ordinary Dividend’ on Tax return.
Which type of income is generally NOT reported on an Armed Forces member’s Form W-2? =
VA disability benefits
VA disability compensation for disabilities paid either to veterans or their families are not reported on Form W-2 and are not taxable. Combat pay, overseas extension bonus, and enlistment or reenlistment bonuses are all included on the W-2 for a member of the Armed Forces.
Father Lucian is a Catholic priest who receives a salary plus a housing allowance for rent and utilities. He has not taken a vow of poverty. Which of the following statements is correct?
He must pay both income tax and self-employment tax on his salary, but only self-employment tax for the housing allowance. The housing allowance is not subject to income tax.
The rental value of a home or a housing allowance provided to a minister as part of the minister’s pay generally is not subject to income tax but is included in net earnings from self-employment.
Gerald is an ordained minister for the Presbyterian Church. He owns his own home. In addition, he receives a monthly housing allowance from his church that isn’t subject to income tax. He pays regular mortgage interest and property taxes on the home. Which of the following is true regarding the deductibility of these expenses?
Gerald can still deduct his real estate taxes and home mortgage interest. The minister does not have to reduce their deductions by the nontaxable amount of the housing allowance.
Renart is an ordained minister in the Blessed Church of Portland. He owns his own home and his monthly house payment is $1,900. His monthly utilities are an additional $450. Fair rental value in his neighborhood is $2,000. He receives a housing allowance from his church in the amount of $1,950 per month. How much of his housing allowance is subject to income tax?
$0
Ministers may exclude from gross income the rental value of a home or a rental allowance to the extent the allowance is used to provide a home, even if deductions are taken for home expenses paid with the allowance. Since the allowance did not exceed his costs, it is excludable from income tax (but not excludable from self-employment tax)
What is the tax treatment for veterans’ disability benefits if the veteran was discharged under honorable conditions?
Exempt from taxation
Veterans’ disability benefits are fully exempt from taxation if the veteran was discharged under honorable conditions. Veterans’ disability benefits (also called VA Disability Compensation) are a type of disability benefit paid specifically to a veteran for disabilities that are service-connected, which means the injury or disease is linked to their military service. The VA typically does not issue Form W-2, Form 1099-R, or any other tax-related document for veterans’ disability benefits.
When are long-term disability payments from an insurance policy excluded from income?
When the taxpayer pays the premiums
Long-term disability payments from an insurance policy are excluded from income if the taxpayer (or the employee) pays the premiums for the policy. If both the taxpayer and their employer have paid the premiums for a disability insurance plan, only the amount attributable to the employer’s payments is reported as income. ‘Exam’
What type of interest is exempt from federal tax?
Municipal bond interest.
Interest earned on municipal bonds is exempt from federal income tax. However, this type of interest must still be reported on a taxpayer’s return.
The exemption for Medicare waiver payments applies only if:
The care provider and the care recipient live together in the same home.
Which of the following types of interest income is not taxable to the recipient?
Municipal bond interest
Nontaxable interest includes:
Municipal bond interest (Muni bonds).
Interest redeemed from Series EE and Series I bonds may be excluded from income if used to pay for qualified higher educational expenses during the year and you meet other requirements for the Educational Savings Bond Program.
Dividends are not subject to employment taxes. Dividends income is not earned income is investment income. Always get Qualified Dividends.
“Exam” Nondividend distributions (reported in Box 3 of Form 1099-Div) = cooperation paying money they have no earning and profit. Not reported as taxable income. It reduces the basics you have . Once the basic is 0 any additional distributions are capital gains and are taxed as such.
If you receive capital gain distributions from mutual funds they are always treated as long-term regardless of the actual period the mutual funds investment is held. It is also tax exempt.
Declared Dividends: Report the year it was declared this contrary to the rule of the Constructive Received.
Constructive Dividends = constructive distributions are assessed under audit, they can have negative consequences for corporations as well as to the shareholder.
Taxable to shareholders and not taxable to the corporations
It’s not good to hold any kind of real estate in a corporation because whenever it’s rent it is considered as a sale.
Exam” Shareholder loan : If a corporation cancels a shareholders’debt without repayment by the shareholder, the amount canceled may be treated as a distribution.
Interest income is considered unearned income. Unearned income is income from investments and other sources which is unrelated to employment. Other examples of “unearned income” include interest from savings accounts, capital gain distributions, unemployment compensation, alimony, and dividends from stock.
Interest received on a municipal bond issued by the state of California to fund school buildings is:
Tax-exempt.
Municipal bond funds are one of a few investments in the market that offer exemption from federal tax.
Combat pay earned by military servicemembers is generally nontaxable. Which type of pay is never classified as “combat pay”?
Retirement pay of armed forces personnel.
Retirement pay and pensions of armed forces personnel are not considered combat pay, they are merely treated as retirement income. Nontaxable combat pay will usually be shown on Form W-2, Box 12 with code Q.
Which of the following taxpayers may contribute to a Roth IRA in 2023?
Harold, who is 30 and has $34,000 in nontaxable combat pay.correct
Only Harold is allowed to contribute because he has qualifying compensation for the year. Members of the military are allowed to count tax-free combat pay when figuring how much they can contribute to a Roth or traditional IRA.
Todd is an ordained minister that wants to request an exemption from Social Security and Medicare Taxes. How is this done?
Todd must file Form 4029.
Todd must file Form 4029, Application for Exemption From Social Security and Medicare Taxes and Waiver of Benefits. To be exempt from Social Security and Medicare taxes, a minister, priest, or other clergy, must obtain a Social Security number and file Form 4029, Application for Exemption from Social Security and Medicare Taxes and Waiver of Benefits. The exemption from Social Security and Medicare taxes is applicable for self‐employment income and wages.
Gerald is an ordained minister for the Presbyterian Church. He owns his own home. In addition, he receives a monthly housing allowance from his church that isn’t subject to income tax. He pays regular mortgage interest and property taxes on the home. Which of the following is true regarding the deductibility of these expenses?
Gerald can still deduct his real estate taxes and home mortgage interest. The minister does not have to reduce their deductions by the nontaxable amount of the housing allowance.
If a minister receives a housing allowance that isn’t taxable, the minister can still deduct their real estate taxes and home mortgage interest. The minister does not have to reduce their deductions by the nontaxable amount of the housing allowance.
When are long-term disability payments from an insurance policy excluded from income?
When the taxpayer pays the premiums
Long-term disability payments from an insurance policy are excluded from income if the taxpayer (or the employee) pays the premiums for the policy. If both the taxpayer and their employer have paid the premiums for a disability insurance plan, only the amount attributable to the employer’s payments is reported as income.
Which type of disability-related payments are generally not taxable at all? =
Worker’s compensation
If both an employee and their employer have paid the premiums for a disability insurance plan, and the employee later becomes disabled and starts to receive long-term disability payments, what portion of the disability benefits must be reported as taxable income by the employee?
Only the amount attributable to the employer’s payments is reported as income.correct
If both the taxpayer and their employer have paid the premiums for a disability insurance plan, only the amount attributable to the employer’s payments is reported as income. Long-term disability payments from an insurance policy can be excluded from income only if the taxpayer (or the employee) pays the full cost of the premiums for the insurance policy.
An employee who receives _______ or more per month in cash tips from one job must report the tip income to his employer.
$20
Tips are taxable as follows:
1- Tips paid in cash of $20 or more per month are taxable as wages. These tips are subject to FICA, FUTA, and income tax.
2- Tips of less than $20 a month are subject to income tax but are not subject to FICA or FUTA.
3- The fair market value of noncash tips (such as tickets or movie passes) is subject to income tax but is not subject to FICA or FUTA.
Which types of debts can typically lead to a wage garnishment?
Delinquent tax debts
Wage garnishment occurs when a court orders part of an employee’s salary to be diverted to pay unpaid debts. Employees may have their wages garnished for various reasons, such as when they owe child support, back taxes, or other debts. Regardless of the amounts garnished from the employee’s paycheck, the full amount of gross wages must be included in the employee’s taxable wages at year-end.
Under what of the following conditions will a tuition reduction, grant, or scholarship be taxable to a student?
Any portion of a grant or scholarship that is compensation for services will be taxable as wages to the student
A common arrangement is when colleges offer tuition reduction and/or free on-campus housing in lieu of wages to student teachers. However, any portion of a grant or scholarship that is compensation for services is taxable as wages. For example, if a student must serve as a part-time teaching assistant as a condition of their scholarship or grant, then that is payment for work, and would be taxable as wages to the student.
Non-cash tips (for example, concert tickets, sports tickets, or other items) do not have to be reported to the employer, but they must be reported and included in the employee’s gross income at their fair market value.
Unger had the following income items during the year. Which of the following would be fully taxable as wages, and subject to Social Security and Medicare taxes?
$17,000 in severance pay when he quit his job.
Only the $17,000 in severance pay would be fully taxable as wages. Severance pay is considered a type of supplemental wages or employee compensation.