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Section 1231 Assets

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  • machinery and equipment
  • buildings
  • vehicles
  • computers
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Section 1250 Assets

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  • commercial buildings
  • warehouses
  • barns
  • rental properties and their structural components
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Section 1245 Assets

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  • furniture
  • fixtures & equipment
  • carpet
  • decorative light fixtures
  • electrical costs that serve telephones
  • data outlets
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Accelerated Cost Recovery System (ACRS)

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  • assets placed in service after 1980
  • subject to wear & tear, obsolescence, etc
  • determinable useful life
  • tangible personalty or realty
  • MACRS most common
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General Depreciation System (GDS)

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  • nine property classifications
  • 3yr, 5yr, 7yr, 27.5yr, 39yr
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MACRS Depr. Method: 200% Declining Balance

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  • used over GDS recovery period
  • extra depreciation in early years
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MACRS Depr. Method: 150% Declining Balance

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  • used over GDS recovery period
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MACRS Depr. Method: Straight Line Method (GDS)

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  • used over GDS recovery period
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MACRS Depr. Method: Straight Line Method (ADS)

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Sole Proprietorship
- Tax form
- What concept is taxed
- Tax form for owner’s compensation report
- Nature of owner’s income from organization

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  • Unlimited liability
  • Form 1040, Schedule C
  • Individual Level
  • Form 1040, Schedule C
  • Self-employment income
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General Partnership
- Tax form
- What concept is taxed
- Tax form for owner’s compensation report
- Nature of owner’s income from organization

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  • Unlimited liability
  • Form 1065
  • Flow-through
  • Schedule K-1, 1040
  • Self-employment income
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LLP
- Tax form
- What concept is taxed
- Tax form for owner’s compensation report
- Nature of owner’s income from organization

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  • Limited liability
  • Form 1065
  • Flow-through
  • Schedule K-1, 1040
  • Self-employment income
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LLC
- Tax form
- What concept is taxed
- Tax form for owner’s compensation report
- Nature of owner’s income from organization

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  • limited liability
  • (Sole) Form 1040, Schedule C
  • (Partnership) Form 1065
  • (C corp) Form 1120
  • (S corp) Form 1120S
  • Can be taxed as sole, partnership, c corp, or s corp
  • Form 1040, Schedule C / K-1 / W-2, K-1 / W-2
  • Self-employment tax / W-2 / ordinary income, W-2
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Limited Partnership
- Tax form
- What concept is taxed
- Tax form for owner’s compensation report
- Nature of owner’s income from organization

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  • Limited liability
  • Form 1065
  • Flow-through
  • Schedule K-1, 1040
  • Ordinary income
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S Corp
- Tax form
- What concept is taxed
- Tax form for owner’s compensation report
- Nature of owner’s income from organization

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  • Limited liability
  • Form 1120S
  • Flow-through
  • Form W-2, K-1
  • W-2, Ordinary income
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C Corp
- Tax form
- What concept is taxed
- Tax form for owner’s compensation report
- Nature of owner’s income from organization

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  • Limited liability
  • Form 1120
  • Entity Level
  • W-2, dividends Form 1099-DIV
  • W-2, Dividend income
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If your 2024 return is over 60 days late when due in 2025, the minimum failure to file penalty will rise to the smaller of:

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$510 or 100% of the tax required

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If your 2023 return is over 60 days late when due in 2024, the minimum failure to file penalty will be the smaller of:

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$485 or 100% of the tax required.

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Public Charity Donation: LTCG Property (intangible, real, tangible - related use)

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Either FMV or Adj Basis
- 30% if FMV
- 50% if Basis

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Public Charity Donation: Cash

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  • 60%
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Public Charity Donation: Ordinary income property, STCG, All Loss property

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Lesser of Adj Basis or FMV
- 50%

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Public Charity Donation: LTCG Property (tangible personalty - unrelated use)

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Lesser of Adj Basis or FMV
- 50%

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Private Charity Donation: LTCG Property (intangible, real, tangible - related use)

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  • 20% must use basis
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Private Charity Donation: LTCG Property (tangible personalty - unrelated use)

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Lesser of Adj Basis or FMV
- 20%

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Private Charity Donation: Ordinary income property, STCG, All Loss property

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Lesser of Adj Basis or FMV
- 30%

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Private Charity Donation: Cash

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  • 60%
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Examples of real property

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  • land
  • real estate
  • sewers, buildings, etc
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Examples of Tangible Personalty (related use) property

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  • related use =related to charity’s purpose
  • office equipment, jewelry, toys, light trucks, buses, etc
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Examples of Ordinary Income property

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  • inventory
  • works of art created by donor
  • capital assets held <1yr
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Examples of Tangible Personalty (unrelated use) property

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  • unrelated use = not related to charity’s purpose
  • office equipment, jewelry, toys, light trucks, buses, etc
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Kiddie Tax: Unearned Income Process

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  • first $1,300 not taxed (standard deduction)
  • next $1,300 taxed to child (single filer’s rate)
  • above $2,600 taxed at parental rate
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Kiddie Tax: Earned Income Process

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Standard Deduction greater of:
- $1,300
OR
- Earned income + $450

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Kiddie Tax: How to approach question

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  1. Figure out standard deduction if earned income included ($1,300 or earned + $450)
  2. Apply $1,300 std deduc. to unearned income
  3. Apply remaining std deduc. to earned income
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Like-Kind Exchanges: Receiving Boot (cash, mortgage relief, etc)

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  • recognize gain to extent of boot received
  • if boot > gain, reduce basis
32
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Like-Kind Exchanges: Losses realized

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  • not recognized until replacement property is sold
33
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Like-Kind Exchanges: Paying Boot (cash, mortgage relief, etc)

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  • no gain
  • increase basis by boot paid
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Like-Kind Exchanges: When must new property be identified?

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  • within 45 days of when old property was transferred
35
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Like-Kind Exchanges: When must new property be received?

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Early of the following:
- within 180 days when old property transferred
- due date (including extensions) for tax return covering year

36
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Like-Kind Exchanges: If boot exceeds gain

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  • reduces basis
37
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Three types of income

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  • active
  • passive
  • portfolio
38
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Deduction for medical care: Lodging

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$50/night per person

39
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Deduction for medical care: Mileage

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Allowed

40
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Golden Parachute payments made to ‘disqualified’ person

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  • includible in W-2 income (OI)
  • amounts under SS cap subject to OASDI
  • all amount subject to medicare tax
  • additional 20% excise tax
41
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Medicare tax

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  • 2.9% total
  • 1.45% split
42
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OASDI tax

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  • 12.4% total
  • 6.2% split
43
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What classifications of property are subject to cost recovery?

Personalty
Personal use property
Natural resources
Intangible property
Real estate including land
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  • Personalty - used in business (depreciation)
  • Natural resources (depletion)
  • Intangible property (amortization)
44
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Approximate client’s minimum income tax liability: AGI < $150,000

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three choices:
- 90% current year tax
- 100% prior year tax
- 110% prior year tax

45
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Approximate client’s income tax liability: AGI > $150,000

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two choices:
- 90% current year tax
- 110% prior year tax

46
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What does SALT stand for?

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  • State and Local Taxes deduction
  • limited to $10,000 FROM AGI (itemize deductions)
47
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Unpaid medical expenses can be deducted on form ____ or form _____.

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  • 1040 (decedent’s Fed tax filing)
  • 706 (estate tax to figure out estate tax due)
48
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Any executor fees may be deducted on form ____ or the form _____.

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  • 1041 (estate tax return)
  • 706 (estate tax to figure out estate tax due)

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