Which of the Following Is More Likely to Receive IRS

question 42

Multiple Choice

Which of the following is more likely to receive IRS scrutiny under the assignment of income doctrine?

• A) A corporation paying its shareholders a $20,000 dividend
• B) A parent employing her child in the family business
• C) A taxpayer gifting stock to his children
• D) A cash-basis business delaying billing its customers until after year end
• E) None of these

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Definitions:

Milgram Experiment

A psychological experiment conducted by Stanley Milgram in the 1960s to study obedience to authority, where participants were instructed to administer electric shocks to another person.

Stanford University Prison Experiment

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Generalization

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Logical Support

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