Tax Flashcards
(15 cards)
Proportional
% paid is the same ie guy who makes 100 and 1000 pay 10 and 100
regressive
If I make a million, I pay the same one dollar as the guy who is homeless
Fica
Social Security 6.2 and Medicare 1.45
Is there a ceiling on Social Security or Medicare
Social security has a ceiling, medicare does not
FUTA
only payed by the employer
IRS codified in
1939
How to calculate Like kind
realized gain or boot whichever is less.
Boot
cash or non-like-kind property
Can gain from insurance be deferred
If it’s the same type of business and two years, must be due to actual insurance stuff ie selling the place doesn’t count
Shareholder gainsfrom liquidations and corporate
FMV-basis in stock FMV-adjusted basis
When does a corporate liquidation occur?
Ceases to exist as a going concern
65 or older deduction and being blind 1350
1350 per person,
Minimum amount of intrest income that require tax return be filed>
10150
What % of SE is taxable
92.35