Which of the Following Items Might an IRS Agent Seek

question 80

Multiple Choice

Which of the following items might an IRS agent seek to recharacterize as a constructive dividend?

• A)Payment of interest expense to a corporate shareholder,where the loan bears interest at a market rate,has fixed written terms with a repayment required at a defined future point,and the corporation is not thinly capitalized.
• B)Payment of salary expense to a corporate shareholder's wife,where the wife performs no services for the corporation.
• C)Payment of rental expense to a corporate shareholder,for the use of equipment owned by the shareholder.The equipment is necessary to the corporate business,and the rental cost is similar to that charged by unrelated equipment providers.
• D)All of the above payments could reasonably be considered constructive dividends.

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Definitions:

Cost Accounting Systems

Systems implemented by businesses to track, record, and analyze costs associated with the products they produce and sell.

Job Order Costing

A cost accounting method used to track the costs associated with a specific job or order, capturing direct labor, direct materials, and applied overhead.

Process Costing

A method of costing used mainly in manufacturing where costs are assigned to batches of products rather than individual items.

Job Cost Sheets

Records that detail the materials, labor, and overhead costs associated with a specific job.