Fed Taxes & management decisions
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Week 2 Homework
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Please provide your answer to each question in the space provided below.
When finished, submit to the DropBox.
Chapter 4
1. Your brother is short on cash and cannot pay his rent this month. You pay his rent for him. Is this taxable income to your brother? Do you get a deduction? (2 pts)
2. Which of the following items would be excluded from income? (a) $100 bill found under the sugar caddy at the restaurant (b) Inheritance of a car from your grandmother valued at $5,000. (c) Loan from your father-in-law to start your business, (d) Child Support received totaling $16,500. (4 pts)
Chapter 5
3. Shaun & Kayla earned the following in 2013: Interest on a Savings account of $36, Interest on a U.S. Series EE Savings Bond of $25, Interest on a CD that has not matured yet of $20. How much taxable interest income must they report on their 2013 tax return? (4 pts)
4. Explain what a Cafeteria Plan is (hint: it has nothing to do with what you eat between classes :-) ). (5 pts)
Chapter 6
5. Explain the limitations placed on the deductibility of Business Gifts? What code section dictates this treatment? (5 pts)
