A Taxpayer Instructing Her Son to Collect Rent Checks for the Taxpayer's

question 75

Multiple Choice

A taxpayer instructing her son to collect rent checks for the taxpayer's property and to report this as taxable income on the son's tax return violates which doctrine?

• A) constructive receipt doctrine
• B) implicit tax doctrine
• C) assignment of income doctrine
• D) step-transaction doctrine
• E) None of these

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