assignment

Assignment 1: Partnership vs. Corporation
Due Week 9 and worth 240 points
 
Use the partnership and corporate tax returns for the practice sets titled, “Walk Upright Company” and
“No More Ice, Inc.” that were prepared in Weeks 4 and 7.
 
Write a four to five (4-5) page paper in which you:
1. Compare and contrast the advantages and disadvantages inherent in electing to become a
partnership and a corporation. Indicate key aspects in which the resulting choice is likely to
impact tax obligations.
2. Imagine that you are a Partner at Walk Upright Company. Justify to your team why you elected to
become a partnership in an effort to minimize tax liability. Prepare a response to the objection
that this election was the best choice.
3. Imagine that you are the Chief Financial Officer (CFO) at No More Ice, Inc. Justify to your
management team why you elected to become a corporation.
4. Determine whether becoming a corporation was a wise choice as a potential strategy to minimize
tax liability as a result. Provide support for your rationale.
5. Analyze the steps that the leadership in a partnership or a corporation must take in order to
change the entity’s existing election. Provide examples of circumstance under which changing the
existing election would be appropriate. Indicate how this election change, once complete, may
either generate a tax liability or be a benefit. Provide support for your rationale.
 
Your assignment must follow these formatting requirements:
 Be typed, double spaced, using Times New Roman font (size 12), with one-inch margins on all
sides; citations and references must follow APA or school-specific format. Check with your
professor for any additional instructions.
 Include a cover page containing the title of the assignment, the student’s name, the professor’s
name, the course title, and the date. The cover page and the reference page are not included in
the required assignment page length.
 
The specific course learning outcomes associated with this assignment are:
 Examine the tax rules that are unique to corporations and the basic concerns relevant to
shareholders and the corporation.
 Examine the tax rules and treatment related to partnerships.
 Use technology and information resources to research issues in corporate federal taxation.
 Write clearly and concisely about corporate federal taxation using proper writing mechanics.
 
Grading for this assignment will be based on answer quality, logic / organization of the paper, and
language and writing skills, using the following rubric.