Income Tax Planning Flashcards

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1
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Capital Assets

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Most personal use Assets and Investment Assets

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2
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What is not a capital asset. defined by section 1221(a)

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Inventory
Depreciable property used in trade or business
copy right and creative works (if owned by creator)
accounts and notes receivable

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Increases to basis

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Capital improvements
Assessments for local improvements
Cost of restoring damaged property after casualty loss
Legal fees
Zoning costs

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Decreases to basis

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Casualty/ theft loss reimbursements
Deduction for clean fuel vehicles
Section 179 deduction
Credit for qualified electric vehicles
Depreciation
Non taxable Corp distributions

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5
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Carry over basis

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The cost basis of the exchanged property

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Double basis

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Gifted asset where FMV is less than donors basis at time of gift

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7
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Collectibles tax rate

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28%

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8
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Unrecaptured section 1250 gain tax rate

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25%

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9
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Qualifying small business stock (section 120) tax

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Portion taxed at 28% if holding period is at least 5 years.

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Wash Sale

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Occurs when taxpayer disposes of securities at a loss and acquires substantially identical securities within 30 days before or after the date of the loss sale

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Wash Sale rules

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the disallowed loss is added to the cost of the new stock to determine basis

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12
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Do wash sale rules apply? Index Fund for Index Fund

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Yes

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13
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Do Wash sale rules apply? Index Fund for Managed Large Cap fund

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no

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14
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Capital Asset Losses

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Deductible to extent of capital gains, plus $3,000

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Personal Use Property Losses

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Losses may not be recognized or deducted

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16
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Trade or Business Losses

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Ordinary Loss, deductible against ordinary income

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17
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1244 Stock

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allows an individual to deduct up to 50k (s), 100k (mfj) for losses on small business stock as an ordinary loss.

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Section 267 Stock

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Disallows losses from direct or indirect sales or exchanges of property between related parties.

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19
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Section 1231 Asset

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Assets used in trade or business, not including inventory & Copyrights.

20
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Tax Benefit of section 1231 asset

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Gains are treated as capital gains and losses treated as ordinary loss.

21
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Section 1245 Property

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Property that is or has been subject to an allowance for depreciation

22
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Section 1245 Property

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Property that is or has been subject to an allowance for depreciation or amortization. Tangible personalty used in trade or business and includes depreciable property

23
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Excluded from 1245 Property

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Real property (land & buildings),

24
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Section 1250

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Governs recapture of depreciation on real section 1231 assets. (business realty such as land and buildings)

25
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Section 1033

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Permits nontaxable treatment of gains if the replacement property equals or exceeds amount realized. (Involuntary conversion/ condemnation)

26
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Section 1035

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provides for tax free exchanges of some insurance policies

27
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5 different filing statuses

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Single, Married Filing Joint, Married filing separate, Head of household, widower

28
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Who qualifies for additional standard deduction

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Those who are 65 and older or blind. 65 and blind gets two additional standard deductions

29
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Dependent Standard deduction

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1,150 or 400 plus earned income (2022) not to exceed regular standard deduction

30
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4 tests required for qualifying child

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relationship, abode, age, and support

31
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Form 8332

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Allows non custodial parent to claim child as dependent (separation or divorce)

32
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4 Qualifying Relative tests

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Relationship test, Gross income test, Support test, Not a qualifying Child test

33
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Annuity Exclusion Ratio

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Investment in contract/ Expected Total return

34
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Retirement Plan distribution- Annuity Exclusion Ratio

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Cost basis in annuity/ Total expected benefit

35
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Retirement Plan distribution- Annuity Exclusion Ratio

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Cost basis in annuity/ Total expected benefit

36
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Exclusions from gross income

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Gifts, Bequests, inheritance, life insurance proceeds, gain on personal residence, employer sponsored accident and health plans, meals and lodging sponsored by employer, some fringe benefits, interest on some gov bonds, discharge of debt

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AGI Deductions

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Business expense, losses on sale of property, rental & royal property, alimony (before 2019), half of self-employment tax, health insurance premiums paid by individual, contributions to pension, penalty on premature withdrawals, interest on student loans, health sav acc, teacher expense.

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Public Charities

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Church, school, hospital, government entities

39
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Private Charities

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veterans, fraternal orders, some private foundations,

40
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Below the line (itemized deductions)

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medical expenses, certain state and local taxes, contributions to qualified charity, charitable contributions directly from IRA,casualty losses, personal interest expense (mortgage), qualified business income QBI

41
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Kiddie Tax

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applied to the net unearned income of a child under 19 or 24 and a full time student.

42
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Kiddie Tax- Net unearned income

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unearned income less standard deduction, less 1150 taxed at child marginal tax rate

43
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child earned income standard deduction

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earned income plus 400. not to exceed normal standard deduction

44
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Corporation Tax: What are the dividend received deductions based on ownership percentages

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ownership percentage dividend received deduction.
Less than 20% - 50%
20%- Less than 80% - 65%
80% and over - 100%

45
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What is a personal service corporation (PSC)

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c corp where all activities involve performance of service in the following fields: health, law, engineering, architecture, accounting, actuarial science, and consulting

46
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Personal Holding Company Requirements

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1.at least 60% of corporations adjusted ordinary gross income is from dividends, interest, rent and royalties
2. in the last half of the year more than 50% of outstanding stock owned by 5 or less people.