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Section 1231 Assets

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  • machinery and equipment
  • buildings
  • vehicles
  • computers
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Section 1250 Assets

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  • commercial buildings
  • warehouses
  • barns
  • rental properties and their structural components
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Section 1245 Assets

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  • furniture
  • fixtures & equipment
  • carpet
  • decorative light fixtures
  • electrical costs that serve telephones
  • data outlets
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Accelerated Cost Recovery System (ACRS)

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  • assets placed in service after 1980
  • subject to wear & tear, obsolescence, etc
  • determinable useful life
  • tangible personalty or realty
  • MACRS most common
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General Depreciation System (GDS)

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  • nine property classifications
  • 3yr, 5yr, 7yr, 27.5yr, 39yr
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MACRS Depr. Method: 200% Declining Balance

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  • used over GDS recovery period
  • extra depreciation in early years
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MACRS Depr. Method: 150% Declining Balance

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  • used over GDS recovery period
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MACRS Depr. Method: Straight Line Method (GDS)

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  • used over GDS recovery period
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MACRS Depr. Method: Straight Line Method (ADS)

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Sole Proprietorship
- Tax form
- What concept is taxed
- Tax form for owner’s compensation report
- Nature of owner’s income from organization

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  • Unlimited liability
  • Form 1040, Schedule C
  • Individual Level
  • Form 1040, Schedule C
  • Self-employment income
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General Partnership
- Tax form
- What concept is taxed
- Tax form for owner’s compensation report
- Nature of owner’s income from organization

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  • Unlimited liability
  • Form 1065
  • Flow-through
  • Schedule K-1, 1040
  • Self-employment income
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LLP
- Tax form
- What concept is taxed
- Tax form for owner’s compensation report
- Nature of owner’s income from organization

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  • Limited liability
  • Form 1065
  • Flow-through
  • Schedule K-1, 1040
  • Self-employment income
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LLC
- Tax form
- What concept is taxed
- Tax form for owner’s compensation report
- Nature of owner’s income from organization

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  • limited liability
  • (Sole) Form 1040, Schedule C
  • (Partnership) Form 1065
  • (C corp) Form 1120
  • (S corp) Form 1120S
  • Can be taxed as sole, partnership, c corp, or s corp
  • Form 1040, Schedule C / K-1 / W-2, K-1 / W-2
  • Self-employment tax / W-2 / ordinary income, W-2
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Limited Partnership
- Tax form
- What concept is taxed
- Tax form for owner’s compensation report
- Nature of owner’s income from organization

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  • Limited liability
  • Form 1065
  • Flow-through
  • Schedule K-1, 1040
  • Ordinary income
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S Corp
- Tax form
- What concept is taxed
- Tax form for owner’s compensation report
- Nature of owner’s income from organization

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  • Limited liability
  • Form 1120S
  • Flow-through
  • Form W-2, K-1
  • W-2, Ordinary income
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C Corp
- Tax form
- What concept is taxed
- Tax form for owner’s compensation report
- Nature of owner’s income from organization

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  • Limited liability
  • Form 1120
  • Entity Level
  • W-2, dividends Form 1099-DIV
  • W-2, Dividend income
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If your 2024 return is over 60 days late when due in 2025, the minimum failure to file penalty will rise to the smaller of:

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$510 or 100% of the tax required

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If your 2023 return is over 60 days late when due in 2024, the minimum failure to file penalty will be the smaller of:

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$485 or 100% of the tax required.

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Public Charity Donation: LTCG Property (intangible, real, tangible - related use)

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Either FMV or Adj Basis
- 30% if FMV
- 50% if Basis

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Public Charity Donation: Cash

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  • 60%
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Public Charity Donation: Ordinary income property, STCG, All Loss property

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Lesser of Adj Basis or FMV
- 50%

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Public Charity Donation: LTCG Property (tangible personalty - unrelated use)

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Lesser of Adj Basis or FMV
- 50%

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Private Charity Donation: LTCG Property (intangible, real, tangible - related use)

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  • 20% must use basis
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Private Charity Donation: LTCG Property (tangible personalty - unrelated use)

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Lesser of Adj Basis or FMV
- 20%

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Private Charity Donation: Ordinary income property, STCG, All Loss property
Lesser of Adj Basis or FMV - 30%
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Private Charity Donation: Cash
- 60%
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Examples of real property
- land - real estate - sewers, buildings, etc
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Examples of Tangible Personalty (related use) property
- related use =related to charity's purpose - office equipment, jewelry, toys, light trucks, buses, etc
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Examples of Ordinary Income property
- inventory - works of art created by donor - capital assets held <1yr
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Examples of Tangible Personalty (unrelated use) property
- unrelated use = not related to charity's purpose - office equipment, jewelry, toys, light trucks, buses, etc
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Kiddie Tax: Unearned Income Process
- first $1,300 not taxed (standard deduction) - next $1,300 taxed to child (single filer's rate) - above $2,600 taxed at parental rate
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Kiddie Tax: Earned Income Process
Standard Deduction greater of: - $1,300 OR - Earned income + $450
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Kiddie Tax: How to approach question
1. Figure out standard deduction if earned income included ($1,300 or earned + $450) 2. Apply $1,300 std deduc. to unearned income 3. Apply remaining std deduc. to earned income
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Like-Kind Exchanges: Receiving Boot (cash, mortgage relief, etc)
- recognize gain to extent of boot received - if boot > gain, reduce basis
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Like-Kind Exchanges: Losses realized
- not recognized until replacement property is sold
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Like-Kind Exchanges: Paying Boot (cash, mortgage relief, etc)
- no gain - increase basis by boot paid
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Like-Kind Exchanges: When must new property be identified?
- within 45 days of when old property was transferred
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Like-Kind Exchanges: When must new property be received?
Early of the following: - within 180 days when old property transferred - due date (including extensions) for tax return covering year
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Like-Kind Exchanges: If boot exceeds gain
- reduces basis
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Three types of income
- active - passive - portfolio
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Deduction for medical care: Lodging
$50/night per person
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Deduction for medical care: Mileage
Allowed
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Golden Parachute payments made to 'disqualified' person
- includible in W-2 income (OI) - amounts under SS cap subject to OASDI - all amount subject to medicare tax - additional 20% excise tax
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Medicare tax
- 2.9% total - 1.45% split
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OASDI tax
- 12.4% total - 6.2% split
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What classifications of property are subject to cost recovery? Personalty Personal use property Natural resources Intangible property Real estate including land
- Personalty - used in business (depreciation) - Natural resources (depletion) - Intangible property (amortization)
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Approximate client's minimum income tax liability: AGI < $150,000
three choices: - 90% current year tax - 100% prior year tax - 110% prior year tax
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Approximate client's income tax liability: AGI > $150,000
two choices: - 90% current year tax - 110% prior year tax
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What does SALT stand for?
- State and Local Taxes deduction - limited to $10,000 FROM AGI (itemize deductions)
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Unpaid medical expenses can be deducted on form ____ or form _____.
- 1040 (decedent's Fed tax filing) - 706 (estate tax to figure out estate tax due)
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Any executor fees may be deducted on form ____ or the form _____.
- 1041 (estate tax return) - 706 (estate tax to figure out estate tax due)
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Definition of Section 179
- immediate expense deduction that business owners can take for purchases of depreciable business equipment instead of capitalizing and depreciating the asset over a period of time.
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When do recapture rules of Section 179 apply?
- When asset sold before fully appreciated - When business use drops below 50% for given year

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