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TEST BANK For McGraw-Hill's Essentials of Federal Taxation
2024 Edition, 15th Edition By Brian Spilker, Benjamin Ayers,
Verified Chapters 1 - 17, Complete
What is a tax base? - ANSWER: amount of income to which a tax rate is applied to

what type of tax rates are there? - ANSWER: flat or progressive

whats the difference between flat and progressive tax rates? - ANSWER: flat- same
rate across all incomes
progressive- tax rate increases as income increases

how do we calculate the marginal tax? - ANSWER: use tax rate schedule table
based on amount of income over the threshold, apply percentage to difference and
add the given tax on top and that becomes taxable income

what are the major types of taxes? - ANSWER: property, transaction,
estate/inheritance, gift, employment/unemployment, income

what are the two types of property assets eligible for tax? - ANSWER: buildings and
anything else that is considered personal for personal use

what is an example of transaction tax? - ANSWER: state sales tax

how much can one exclude from taxes via gifts? - ANSWER: 16,000

How does the federal government determine estate tax amount? - ANSWER: based
on FMV of estate

what are the two types of employment/unemployment taxes that are taken out? -
ANSWER: FICA and FUTA

what is composed in FICA taxes? - ANSWER: Social security and Medicare payments

what is composed in FUTA taxes? - ANSWER: all unemployment funds that are used
for the unemployed

T/F- income tax is imposed at all levels of government - ANSWER: True

How do most jurisdictions go about income tax collection? - ANSWER: through a
withholding system or pay as you go

What is the formula for calc corporate taxable income? - ANSWER: Income -
deductions

, what are the two dependents taxpayers can claim to lower income tax? - ANSWER:
qualifying child and relative

what are the 4 tests a dependent has to pass to be considered a qualifying child? -
ANSWER: relationships
abode
age
support

T/F- if a dependent passes some of the tests they can still be considered a qualifying
dependent - ANSWER: False- must pass all tests

what are the relationships that pass a dependent as a qualifying child? - ANSWER:
son/daughter
stepson/daughter
brother/sister
stepbrother/sister
half sibling
descendant of other relative- nephew, grandchildren
adopted or foster children

what is the criteria for the abode test of qualifying child? - ANSWER: child must live
at taxpayers home for more than half the year

what is the criteria for the age test of qualifying child? - ANSWER: child must be
under 19 or 24 if a student in school

what is the criteria for the support test of qualifying child? - ANSWER: child must not
be providing more than half of their own support

what are the three tests that a dependent must pass to be a qualifying relative? -
ANSWER: relationship
gross income
support

what is the criteria for the relationship test for qualifying relative? - ANSWER: can
include:
grandparents, parents
uncles/aunts
in law relatives

Does one have to be related to the taxpayer to be considered a qualifying relative? -
ANSWER: no- as long as they live with taxpayer all year round they can be
considered qualifying relative

what is the criteria for gross income test for qualifying relative? - ANSWER:
dependents gross income has to be less than 4,400 (for 2022)

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