Using the Following Choices, Show the Justification for Each Provision

question 56

Multiple Choice

Using the following choices, show the justification for each provision of the tax law listed.
a. Economic considerations
b. Social considerations
c. Equity considerations
d. Both a. and b.
-A bribe to the local sheriff, although business related, is not deductible.

• A)Deferral of gains from involuntary conversions
• B)Carryforward of net operating losses
• C)"No change" is a possible result
• D)State income tax applied to a visiting nonresident
• E)IRS special agent
• F)Undoing the "piggyback" result
• G)Ideal budget goal as to new tax legislation
• H)Every state that has a general sales tax has one
• I)Imposed by all states and the Federal government
• J)Imposed by some states but not the Federal government
• K)Imposed only by the Federal government
• L)No correct match provided

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Definitions:

Intercompany Bonds

Bonds issued between entities within the same corporate group, often used for internal financing purposes.

Unamortized Acquisition Differential

The portion of the difference between the acquisition cost of an asset and its carrying value on the balance sheet that has not yet been amortized.

Equity Method

A method of accounting whereby an investor records its investment in an associate company at initial cost and subsequently adjusts the carrying amount of the investment to recognize the investor's share of the earnings or losses of the associate.

Amortization

The gradual reduction of a debt or the allocation of the cost of an intangible asset over a period.