What Is the IRS Guideline for Determining Whether a Tax

question 55

Multiple Choice

What is the IRS guideline for determining whether a tax return position has substantial authority?

• A) A person knowledgeable in the tax law concludes that the position has a something less than 50% likelihood of being supported.
• B) A person knowledgeable in the tax law concludes that the position has at least a 75% likelihood of being supported.
• C) A person knowledgeable in the tax law concludes that the position has at least a 50% likelihood of being supported.
• D) A person knowledgeable in the tax law concludes that the position has at least a two- thirds likelihood of being supported.

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Definitions:

Standard Deviation

A statistic that measures the dispersion or variation of a set of numerical values around their mean (average).

Off-Campus

Refers to activities, housing, or facilities that are not situated on the main campus of an educational institution.

T-Distribution

The T-distribution, or Student's t-distribution, is a probability distribution that estimates the population parameters when the sample size is small and the population standard deviation is unknown.

T Distribution

A statistical curve that shows the standard deviations of samples taken from a population and is used when the population standard deviation is unknown and the sample size is small.