Unit 16 Flashcards
Types of Clients
Individuals who can have an individual account (4)
Natural person, trust, deceased person through an estate account, sole proprietorship businesses
The account holder is the only person who can (2)
- Control the investments within the account
- Request distributions of cash or securities from the account
What Joint Tenants with Right of Survivorship (JTWROS) says
Deceased tenant’s interest in the account passes to the surviving tenant(s)
What Community Property with Right of Survivorship says (3)
- Married couples to share property equally
- Each person legally has 50% ownership stake
- When first person dies, entire property is taken over by survivor
Whenever the test uses the term joint tenants, does it mean JTWROS or tenants in common?
JTWROS
What Tenants in Common ownership stipulates
A deceased tenant’s fractional interest in the account is retained by that tenant’s estate and is not passed to the surviving tenant(s)
Difference between JTWROS and Tenants in Common
Tenants in Common interest can be divided unequally
Tenancy by the Entirety
Ownership from multiple persons where each co-tenant has an undivided interest
What is Tenancy by the Entirety mostly used for
Real estate
What undivided interest means
No tenant has a designated interest in any specific asset in the account
Right of survivorship
Surviving owner receives the deceased’s interest in the account
What is suitability for a joint account generally based on?
Lowest common denominator individual
Information that must be obtained from client (5)
Legal capacity, employment info, Customer Identification Program notice, citizenship details, client’s financial standing
When broker-dealer must obtain from the customer a written agreement that the customer is aware of and agrees to be bound by FINRA rules applicable to the trading of option contracts and that the customer has received a copy of the current ODD
15 days after account is opened
Steps in opening an options account (4)
- Obtain essential facts about the customer
- Give the customer an options disclosure document
- Have the manager approve the account
- Enter the initial order
What must an S corp not do (2)
- Have more than 100 shareholders
- Have more than one class of stock
If a sole proprietorship operates under a DBA (Doing Business As) name that might seem to imply it is a corporation, does it remove the full liability from the individual owner?
No
What document sole proprietorship taxes are listed on
Schedule C of owner’s Form 1040
What partnerships file
Information return, Form 1065
What LLC’s can file taxes as (3)
Corporation, partnership, or sole proprietorship
Where is return filed in a C-corp
Form 1120
Where is return filed in an S-corp
Form 1120S
Dividend exclusion rule for C-corps
Dividends paid from one corporation to another are 50% exempt from taxation
Do corporations pay federal taxes on interest received from municipal bonds
No
Fiduciary account
Chosen individual enters trades, makes all decisions, and manages accounts in owner’s best interest
Examples of fiduciaries (6)
Trustee, executor, Administrator, reciever, guardian, Custodian
What full power of attorney grants control person
Ability to buy and sell, ability withdraw funds