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South-Western Federal Taxation 2025: Comprehensive,
48th Edition by Young Complete 30 Chapters
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,TABLE OF CONTENTS yv yv yv
Chapter 1: An Introduction to Taxation and Understanding the Federal Tax Law
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Chapter 2: Working with the Tax Law
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Chapter 3: Tax Formula and Tax Determination
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Chapter 4: Gross Income: Concepts and Inclusions
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Chapter 5: Gross Income: Exclusions
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Chapter 6: Deductions and Losses: In General 7-1 Bad Debts
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Chapter 8: Depreciation, Cost Recovery, Amortization, and Depletion
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Chapter 9: Deductions: Employee and Self-Employed-Related Expenses
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Chapter 10: Deductions and Losses: Certain Itemized Deductions
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Chapter 11: Investor Losses
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Chapter 12: Tax Credits and Payments
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Chapter 13: Property Transactions: Determination of Gain or Loss, Basis Considerations, and Nontaxab
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Chapter 14: Property Transactions: Capital Gains and Losses, § 1231, and Recapture Provisions
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Chapter 15: The Deduction for Qualified Business Income for Noncorporate Taxpayers
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Chapter 16: Accounting Periods and Methods
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Chapter 17: Corporations: Introduction and Operating Rules
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Chapter 18: Corporations: Organization and Capital Structure
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Chapter 19: Corporations: Distributions Not in Complete Liquidation
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Chapter 20: Corporations: Distributions in Complete Liquidation and an Overview of Reorganizations
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Chapter 21: Partnerships: Formation, Operation, and Basis
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Chapter 22: Partnerships: Distributions, Transfer of Interests, and Terminations
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Chapter 23: S Corporations
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Chapter 24: Taxes in the Financial Statements
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Chapter 25: Exempt Entities
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Chapter 26: Multistate Corporate Taxation
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Chapter 27: Taxation of International Transactions
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Chapter 28: Tax Practice and Ethics
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Chapter 29: The Federal Gift and Estate Taxes
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Chapter 30: Income Taxation of Trusts and Estates
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,Chapter 01 2025 - Comprehensive
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Answers are at the end of yv yv yv yv yv
each chapter
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Indicate whether the statement is true or false.
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y v 1. If more IRS audits are producing a higher number of no change results, this indicates increased compliance on the
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part of taxpayers.
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True
False
yv 2. The first income tax on individuals (after the ratification of the Sixteenth Amendment to the Constitution) levied tax r
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ates from a low of 1% to a high of 6%.
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True
False
y v 3. Stealth taxes have the effect of generating additional taxes from all taxpayers.
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True
False
y v 4. If fraud is involved, there is no time limit on the assessment of a deficiency by the IRS.
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True
False
y v 5. Under state amnesty programs, all delinquent and unpaid income taxes are forgiven.
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True
False
y v 6. The Federal estate and gift taxes are examples of progressive rate taxes.
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True
False
y v 7. The IRS is required to redetermine the interest rate on underpayments and overpayments once a year.
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True
False
y v 8. The Federal income tax on individuals generates more revenue than the Federal income tax on corporations.
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True
False
y v 9. To mitigate the effect of the annual accounting period concept, the tax law permits the carryforward of excess
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charitable contributions of a particular year to other years.
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True
False
y v 10. Unlike FICA, FUTA requires that employers comply with state as well as Federal rules.
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True
False
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y v 11. If a special agent becomes involved in the audit of a return, this indicates that the IRS suspects that fraud is in
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volved.
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False
y v 12. Two persons who live in the same state but in different counties may not be subject to the same general sales t
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ax rate. yv
True
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y v 13. Under the usual state inheritance tax, two heirs, a cousin and a son of the deceased, would not be taxed at th
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e same rate.
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yv 14. Various tax provisions encourage the creation of certain types of retirement plans. Such provisions can be jus
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tified on both economic and social grounds.
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True
False
y v 15. A parent employs her twin daughters, age 17, in her sole proprietorship. The daughters are not subject to FICA c
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overage.
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y v 16. For omissions from gross income in excess of 25% of that reported, there is no statute of limitations on add
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itional income tax assessments by the IRS.
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True
False
y v 17. Not all of the states that impose a general sales tax also have a use tax.
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False
y v 18. States impose either a state income tax or a general sales tax, but not both types of taxes.
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True
False
y v 19. The amount of the state excise taxes on gasoline varies from state to state.
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True
False
yv 20. Upon audit by the IRS, Faith is assessed a deficiency of $40,000 of which $25,000 is attributable to negligence.
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The 20% negligence penalty will apply to $25,000.
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False
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