Week 8

Week 8 Assignment - Tax Methods and Financial Reports

Overview

Your goal is to compare the three major forms of corporate organizations: partnerships, S corporations, and corporations. You will then select a domestic organization, identify its entity type, and describe how the organization’s tax methods are detailed in its financial report. 

Instructions

Write a 4–5 page paper in which you do the following: 

• Use your textbook, the Internet, Internal Revenue Service | An Official Website of the United States Government, and Strayer Library to research the three major forms of corporate organizations: partnerships, S corporations, and corporations.
• Compare and contrast the tax rules and treatment applicable to those three forms of organization and the major way in which the tax treatment affects the shareholders or partners.
• Explain at least two reasons why a business owner might opt for one form of organization over another. Provide support for your rationale.
• Identify two sources of tax guidance (for example, IRS code, Revenue Procedure) for each form of organization and how it defines a component of the tax policy for that form of organization.
• Research an organization by identifying its entity type (corporation, s-corporation, or partnership) and describe how that organization’s tax methods are detailed in their financial reports.

• Use the Strayer Library to find at least three academic resources. Note: Wikipedia and similar websites are not considered quality references.

The specific course learning outcomes associated with this assignment:

• Evaluate the tax rules and treatment applicable to organizations and their impact on shareholders.