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Overview of tax
Which courts have original jurisd...,
Tax court,
Us district courts
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Tax formula
Tax formula,
Pay roll tax section,
Unemployment taxed section
4
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Role of Income tax
Role of income tax,
Raising revenues,
Redistribute income
13
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Gross Income
Economic income,
What makes up economic income,
How do we measure economic income
19
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Time value of money
Time value of money,
Delaying tax is,
Timing is
7
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debtor/creditors
Are loans income,
Can you take a loss when you repa...,
Can creditors take a deduction fo...
3
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Gains on dealing in property
Gains on dealings in property and...,
Two concepts of gains on dealing ...,
Adjusted basis section
21
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Exclusion Provision (Gifts)
Exclusion provision,
What is a gift,
What do you look for in gift
22
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Gifts in a commercial context
Gifts in commercial context,
When its not a gift must include,
If donee can exclude from income
5
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Part gift part Sale
Seller must,
Buyer has a discount sale and,
Buyers basis
8
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Estate tax/gift tax
Part of basis step up rationale is,
Estate tax applies toa,
Estate tax exemption
6
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Taxation of Damage Awards
3 type of awards we talk about,
Property awards,
Lost profits
14
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Damage awards for emotional distres
Damages for emotional distres,
Leg history says if physical inju...,
If only emotional distress
9
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Punitive Damages
Punitive damages,
Punitive damages for defendant bu...,
Exxon example issue
4
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Structured Settlements
Normal award and ss,
Difference between ss and normal ...,
Law favors
5
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state and local bonds
State and local bonds,
Issue
2
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Deductions in general
Formula for deductions,
Why are you entitled to deductions,
Why not personal expenses entitle...
10
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Deductible ATL OR BTL
Where to look for atl deductions,
What does 62 do,
General rough rule
15
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business deductions
Business expense if,
Courts dont rule on,
Expenses of employees
10
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investment expenses
Pse are investment exp,
Court said personal investment ex...,
Congres responded to ct ruling th...
5
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Determining if trade or business
Trade or bus if,
Renting 1 house,
Renting 5 houses
8
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Capital Expenditures
Cap expenditures,
Expense items,
Capital expenditures
14
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Casualty losses
Casualty losses are exception for,
Under casualty losses,
Tradeoff cor casualty loss
11
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Depreciation
Depreciation is,
Depreciates,
In depreciation dont get
3
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Rules for intangible assets
Rules for intangible assets,
3 rules of intangible assets,
Acquisition costs
10
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Depreciation
Depreciation is a economic loss,
Deudction is depedent upon,
Is land depreiable
25
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accelerated dep. quick dep
Quicker than econ depreciation,
Policy
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Casualty Losses
Individuals can deduct losses if ...,
The loss cant be,
In casualty losses you need
21
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Related Property Losses
No deduction under 267 for any sa...,
Analysis,
Relative sale
13
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Loose End deductions
Using business to buy business pr...,
Governs deductions on interest,
Investment interests generally
14
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Deduction for taxes
Business taxes deductible as,
Personal state income tax and rea...,
Fed income tax ss medicare
8
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Misc itemized deductions
67 itemized deductions only to ex...,
Creates a ____ threshold,
Hypo expenses were 3k 100k agi ra...
9
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Capital Gains Beginning
Steps to this point,
Rates for oi,
Capital gains are taxed
10
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Policy for Capital Gains preference
Capital gains preferential rates ...,
Lock in effect,
Economists on lock in effect
12
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Nuts and bolts of capital assets
What defines what is a capital asset,
In 1221a cap asset def,
What defines ltca stca and net ca...
16
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Determining capital assets
Property isnt a capital asset if ...,
Personal residence,
Book manuscript
6
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LTCA/STCA
Ltca held for,
1year,
Stca held for
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Dividends
Issue is with dividends,
Where are corporate profits taxed...,
Partnerships and llcs are taxed
6
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Taxing Capital Gains
Max capital gains rate via,
Taxing inceom is broken down into...,
Different types of ncg are taxed at
9
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calculating capital losses
Calculating capital losses is dif...,
Stcl offset in this order,
Ltcl offset in this order
15
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1231b Property
1231b property isnt 1221 property bu,
1231 is aka,
Function of 1231 is to allow for
14
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1245 propr/AKA 25% rate gain
25 rate gain applies to,
25 rate gain doesnt apply to or i...,
Policy
11
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Beg of Misc: Sale of Business
Rules for sale of busienss apply ...,
A sole proprietorship,
Llcs are taxed differently
17
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Allocation for sale of business
Cant just take proceeds and the a...,
The allocations will lead to type...,
Allocation via residual method order
14
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Tax Consequences of Divorce
A property transfers between spou...,
1 alimony payments,
Requirements to be alimony 71
15
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Like Kind Exchanges
Definition of lk exchange,
1031 lk exchanges requirements,
If there is boot
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