Identify Which of the Following Statements Is False

question 58

Multiple Choice

Identify which of the following statements is false.

• A)The acquiescence policy was adopted by the U.S. Tax Court to permit litigating parties to agree on the exact amount of the tax due.
• B)Letter rulings are binding only with respect to the taxpayer requesting the ruling.
• C)The small cases procedure of the U.S. Tax Court allows a less formal hearing but provides for no appeal.
• D)The IRS may retroactively revoke an acquiescence.

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Definitions:

Pure Capitalism

An economic system characterized by private ownership of the means of production, minimal government intervention, and the free market determining prices and distribution of goods.

Communism

A political and economic ideology advocating for a classless society in which the means of production are owned collectively.

Market Economy

An economic system where economic decisions and the pricing of goods and services are guided solely by the aggregate interactions of a country's citizens and businesses with minimal government intervention.

Command System

A method of organizing an economy in which property resources are publicly owned and government uses central economic planning to direct and coordinate economic activities; socialism; communism. Compare with market system.