Taxation Calculations Flashcards

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What is the AMT Formula for corporations? 14 steps

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Regular taxable income before NOL carry forward
\+ tax preference items
\+/- adjustments
= pre Ace AMTI
\+/- Ace Adjustment
= AMTI
- exemption amount
= AMTI tax base
X 20% rate
= tentative minimum tax before foreign tax credit
- AMT foreign tax credit
= Tentative minimum tax (TMT)
- regular income tax - regular foreign tax credit
= AMT (if positive)
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2
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Maximum exemption on corporate AMT?

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$40,000

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3
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What does TMT stand for?

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Tentative minimum tax

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4
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What is the formula for Personal Holding Company (PHC) tax? 14 steps

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Taxable income
\+ dividends received deduction
\+ NOL deduction (except NOL preceding year)
- federal and foreign income taxes
- Charitable contributions in excess of 10% limit
- net capital loss
- Net LTCG over NSTCL (net of tax)
= adjusted taxable income
- dividends paid during taxable year
- dividends paid within 2.5 months after year end
- dividend carryover
- consent dividends
= undistributed PHC income
X 20%
= Personal Holding Company Tax
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5
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For the PHC tax computation, dividends paid within 2.5 months after the close of the year are limited to…

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20% dividends actually paid during year

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6
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Accumulated Earnings Tax calculation? 14

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Taxable Income
\+ DRD deduction
\+ NOL deduction
- federal and foreign income taxes
- excess charitable contributions (over 10% limit)
- net capital loss
- net LTCG over net STCL (NOT)
= adjusted taxable income
- dividends paid last 9.5 months of tax year and 2.5 months after close
- consent dividends
- accumulated earnings credit
= acc. Taxable income
x 20%
= Acc. Earnings Tax
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7
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DRD deduction

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Dividends received deduction

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8
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What is the AMT formula for individuals? 12 steps

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Regular taxable income
\+/- Adjustments
\+ Tax preferences
= alternative minimum taxable income
- exemption amount
= alternative minimum tax base
X 26% or 28%
= tentative before foreign tax credit
- AMT foreign tax credit
= tentative minimum tax
- regular tax liability - regular foreign tax credit
= AMT (if positive)
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9
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Schedule M-2 calculation 6

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Balance at beginning of year
\+ net income per books
\+ other increases
- dividends to shareholders
-other decreases
= balance at end of year
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10
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S-Corp stock basis calculation 5

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Beginning basis of stock
\+ all income items
- withdrawals of assets
\+ contributions of money or property 
= basis
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11
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In an S-corporation’s basis calculation, share of all income items includes…

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Taxable and nontaxable income

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12
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Taxable Gifts Formula. 11 lines

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Gross Gifts (cash + FMV of property at date of gift)
+ 50% of spouse’s gifts to third parties if gift splitting elected
- 50% gifts to 3rd parties treated given by spouse if gift splitting elected
- annual exclusion ($14,000 per donee)
- unlimited exclusion for tuition and medical
- unlimited exclusion for gifts to political organizations
- charitable gifts
- marital deduction
= taxable gifts for current year
+ taxable gifts for prior years
= total taxable gifts

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13
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Charitable gifts in gift tax formula computation are for…

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Remainder of charitable gifts after annual exclusion

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14
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Estate tax formula 16 lines

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Gross estate 
- funeral expenses
- administrative expenses
- debts and mortgages
- casualty losses
- state death taxes
- charitable bequests (unlimited)
- marital deduction (unlimited)
= taxable estate
\+ post 76 adjusted taxable gifts
= total taxable life and death transfers
\+ tax on total transfers
- post 76 gift taxes
- transfer tax credit
- foreign death and prior transfer tax credits
= net estate tax liability
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15
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Bankruptcy priority 11

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Secured creditors
Administrative costs
Gap Creditors
Wages unpaid
Employee benefits unpaid
Grain producers and Fisherman unpaid
Consumer Deposits
Taxes
Obligations (bank)
Accidents
Miscellaneous
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