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Question 1
Which of the following is not an assumption of the linear breakeven model:
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1. ACC 568 Final Exam Guide Part 1
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Question 1
Which of the following is not an assumption of the linear
breakeven model:
Question 2
George Webb Restaurant collects on the average $5 per customer
at its breakfast & lunch diner. Its variable cost per customer
averages $3, and its annual fixed cost is $40,000. If George Webb
wants to make a profit of $20,000 per year at the diner, it will
have to serve__________ customers per year.
Question 3
In the linear breakeven model, the breakeven sales volume (in
dollars) can be found by multiplying the breakeven sales volume
(in units) by:
Question 4
In the linear breakeven model, the difference between selling
price per unit and variable cost per unit is referred to as:
Question 5
2. In a study of banking by asset size over time, we can find which
asset sizes are tending to become more prominent. The size that
is becoming more predominant is presumed to be least cost. This
is called:
Question 6
Theoretically, in a long-run cost function:
Question 7
The price for used cars is well below the price of new cars of the
same general quality. This is an example of:
Question 8
Experience goods are products or services
Question 9
Long distance telephone service has become a competitive
market. The average cost per call is $0.05 a minute, and it’s
declining. The likely reason for the declining price for long
distance service is:
Question 10
All of the following are mechanisms which reduce the adverse
selection problem except ____.
Question 11
In the short-run for a purely competitive market, a manufacturer
will stop production when:
Question 12
3. Uncertainty includes all of the following except ____.
Question 13
An "experience good" is one that:
Question 14
The practice by telephone companies of charging lower long-
distance rates at night than during the day is an example of:
Question 15
Of the following, which is not an economic rationale for public
utility regulation?
Question 16
Regulatory agencies engage in all of the following activities except
_______.
Question 17
Declining cost industries
Question 18
The demand curve facing the firm in ____ is the same as the
industry demand curve.
Question 19
In the electric power industry, residential customers have
relatively ____ demand for electricity compared with large
industrial users. But contrary to price discrimination, large
industrial users generally are charged ____ rates.
4. Question 20
Barometric price leadership exists when
Question 21
A cartel is a situation where firms in the industry
Question 22
Even ideal cartels tend to be unstable because
Question 23
In the Cournot duopoly model, each of the two firms, in
determining its profit-maximizing price-output level, assumes
that the other firm's ____ will not change.
Question 24
Some industries that have rigid prices. In those industries, we
tend to
Question 25
In a kinked demand market, whenever one firm decides to lower
its price,
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ACC 568 Week 2 Assignment 1 client Letter (Foreign
Source Income Rules)
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5. Assignment 1: Client Letter
You are a CPA professional and are assisting a new client who is
expanding a business that operates in the United States to having
a global presence with operations in foreign countries. The new
client is concerned about how he can mitigate the U.S. tax impact
from revenue sourced in foreign countries. The client was advised
by a friend that claims he did not have to pay any U.S. tax on
income received from outside the U.S.
Use the Internet and your text to research the various rules
regarding source rules for income and deductions.
Write a one to two (1-2) page paper in which you:
1. Construct a letter to communicate to your client about the
source rules for income and deductions and the circumstances
that income received in foreign countries may or may not be
taxed in the U.S.
2. Make a recommendation to the client as to how to mitigate
the U.S. tax impact from income received from outside the U.S.
Provide facts to support your recommendation.
3. Use at least two (2) quality resources in this assignment.
Note: Wikipedia and similar Websites do not qualify as quality
resources.
Your assignment must follow these formatting requirements:
· Be typed, double-spaced, using Times New Roman font (size
12), with one-inch margins on all sides; citations and references
must follow APA or school-specific format. Check with your
professor for any additional instructions.
6. · Include a cover page containing the title of the assignment,
the student’s name, the professor’s name, the course title, and the
date. The cover page and the reference page are not included in
the required assignment page length.
The specific course learning outcomes associated with this
assignment are:
· Analyze the source rules reach of the U.S. Tax Code in
regard to international taxation.
· Use technology and information resources to research issues
in international tax planning and research.
· Write clearly and concisely about international tax planning
and research using proper writing mechanics.
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ACC 568 Week 4 Assignment 2 Foreign Persons Trade /
Business and U.S.-Sourced Income
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ACC 568 Week 4 Assignment 2
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Assignment 2: Foreign Persons Trade / Business and U.S.-
Sourced Income
Due Week 4 and worth 200 points
Imagine you are a CPA working as a tax professional. A foreign
client engages you to determine how best for them to invest in a
U.S. startup company that plans to sell automobile parts. The
client’s objective is to avoid or minimize any U.S. taxes that the
foreign investor may incur. Assume that the client is forming this
corporation with several other U.S. citizens.
Using the Internet or Strayer databases, research the rules
related to foreign persons investing in U.S. companies and any tax
implications for the foreign investor.
Write a three to four (3-4) page paper in which you:
1. Based on your research, determine at least three (3) types of
investments in the U.S. company that will most likely trigger a
taxable event for your client and those that are least likely.
Provide support for the rationale.
2. Based on your research, evaluate at least three (3) types of
U.S.-sourced income that your client is most likely to be impacted
by U.S. taxes. Provide support for the evaluation.
3. Recommend the most advantageous type of investment
strategy that your client should take when investing in this U.S.
company and make recommendations for avoiding or eliminating
taxes on the client’s U.S.-sourced income from the investment.
Support the recommendations with examples.
8. 4. Use at least three (3) quality resources in this assignment.
Note: Wikipedia and similar Websites do not qualify as quality
resources.
Your assignment must follow these formatting requirements:
· Be typed, double spaced, using Times New Roman font (size
12), with one-inch margins on all sides; citations and references
must follow APA or school-specific format. Check with your
professor for any additional instructions.
· Include a cover page containing the title of the assignment,
the student’s name, the professor’s name, the course title, and the
date. The cover page and the reference page are not included in
the required assignment page length.
The specific course learning outcomes associated with this
assignment are:
· Analyze how foreign persons are taxed on income generated
in the U.S.
· Use technology and information resources to research issues
in international tax planning and research.
· Write clearly and concisely about international tax planning
and research using proper writing mechanics.
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ACC 568 Week 6 Assignment 3 International Taxation
and Foreign Tax Credits
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Assignment 3: International Taxation and Foreign Tax Credits
Due Week 6 and worth 280 points
Assume you are a CPA working as a tax professional and are
hired by a client who is a U.S.-based taxpayer and is interested in
expanding the business into foreign markets.
Using the Internet or Strayer databases, conduct research on the
various tax impacts for U.S. companies that expand abroad.
Write a four to six (4-6) page paper in which you:
1.
2. Based on your research, assess at least two (2) types of
organizations that the taxpayer could establish abroad and the
various tax impacts that these types of organization may cause.
Provide support for your rationale.
3. Based on your research, develop a strategy for the client to
repatriate earnings from the foreign markets and avoid or
mitigate the U.S. tax impact on repatriation. Provide support for
your rationale.
4. Based on your research, evaluate foreign tax credits and
propose at least three (3) tax credits the client could use and the
impact on the taxes. Provide examples with your rationale.
5. Based on your research, assess the impact that the
accumulated earnings tax had on the client and how the tax could
be avoided or mitigated. Provide examples with your rationale.
10. 6. Based on your research, analyze the rules regarding potential
U.S. and foreign sourced losses and propose scenario to your
client that would best represent the proper treatment of those
losses. Provide support for your rationale.
7. Use at least four (4) quality resources in this assignment.
Note: Wikipedia and similar Websites do not qualify as quality
resources.
Your assignment must follow these formatting requirements:
· Be typed, double spaced, using Times New Roman font (size
12), with one-inch margins on all sides; citations and references
must follow APA or school-specific format. Check with your
professor for any additional instructions.
· Include a cover page containing the title of the assignment,
the student’s name, the professor’s name, the course title, and the
date. The cover page and the reference page are not included in
the required assignment page length.
The specific course learning outcomes associated with this
assignment are:
· Analyze the legal basis of outbound international taxation
and foreign tax credit limitations.
· Use technology and information resources to research issues
in international tax planning and research.
· Write clearly and concisely about international tax planning
and research using proper writing mechanics.
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ACC 568 Week 8 Assignment 4 Transfer Pricing
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Assignment 4: Transfer Pricing
Due Week 8 and worth 320 points
Transfer pricing is probably one of the biggest tax issues facing
taxing authorities. Transfer pricing involves allocating revenues
and costs between countries in order to create the best possible
tax situation for a multinational company. For this assignment,
you will be required to respond to the following scenario:
A multinational company has hired you as its tax professional to
advise the company on how to use transfer pricing to avoid or
mitigate taxes. This company manufactures and sells cars in the
U.S. and two (2) foreign countries.
Using the Internet or Strayer Library, research the rules and
techniques for transfer pricing. Choose two foreign countries and
research their respective tax rates.
Write a six to eight (6-8) page paper in which you:
1. Based on your research, create projections of revenues, costs,
and tax rates for all three (3) countries, including the U.S. Provide
support for your projections.
12. 2. Based on your projections, create at least two (2) scenarios in
which you allocate revenues and costs to each country to
determine the lowest possible overall tax for each country.
Provide support for your rationale.
3. Create at least three (3) scenarios and propose a scenario to
the client that will result in a favorable tax position. Provide
support for your rationale.
4. Create at least three (3) scenarios and propose a scenario to
your client that is less likely to result in an IRS audit. Provide
support for your rationale.
5. Assume that the IRS has challenged the allocations and is
preparing to audit the client. Prepare a position to defend the
client to IRS. Provide support for your position.
6. Imagine that you are an IRS agent auditing a multinational
company’s transfer pricing methods. Evaluate the tools you could
use to perform the audit and propose an audit plan. Provide
support for the strategy.
7. Use at least five (5) quality resources in this assignment.
Note: Wikipedia and similar Websites do not qualify as quality
resources.)
Your assignment must follow these formatting requirements:
· Be typed, double spaced, using Times New Roman font (size
12), with one-inch margins on all sides; citations and references
must follow APA or school-specific format. Check with your
professor for any additional instructions.
13. · Include a cover page containing the title of the assignment,
the student’s name, the professor’s name, the course title, and the
date. The cover page and the reference page are not included in
the required assignment page length.
The specific course learning outcomes associated with this
assignment are:
· Examine various transfer pricing methodologies and how
they impact taxation.
· Use technology and information resources to research issues
in international tax planning and research.
· Write clearly and concisely about international tax planning
and research using proper writing mechanics.
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ACC 568 Week 10 Assignment 5 Audit Letter to IRS
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Assignment 5: Audit Letter to IRS
Due Week 10 and worth 160 points
You are a CPA working as a tax professional and have been hired
by a client who comes to you with a letter from the IRS indicating
14. that it is auditing several items on the client’s tax return and
making the following assertions:
1. The method the client used to value foreign currency
exchanges is incorrect.
2. An undervalued international exchange of appreciated
property should show a larger gain.
3. Sales through export operations were underreported and
revenue is understated.
4. The transfer of intangible property for stock was
undervalued and results in a larger gain.
5. Investments made to another country were done through a
subsidiary and not a branch and are taxable as such.
Using the Internet or Strayer databases, research the rules
regarding the above types of transactions.
Write a one to two (1-2) page paper in which you:
1. Respond to the assertions by the IRS and counter those
assertions with your own. Provide support for the rationale used
in the response.
2. Make a convincing argument that the information /
documentation your client possesses justifies and supports the
client’s claim. Provide supporting evidence for your argument.
3. Use at least two (2) quality resources in this assignment.
Note: Wikipedia and similar Websites do not qualify as quality
resources.
Your assignment must follow these formatting requirements:
15. · Be typed, double spaced, using Times New Roman font (size
12), with one-inch margins on all sides; citations and references
must follow APA or school-specific format. Check with your
professor for any additional instructions.
· Include a cover page containing the title of the assignment,
the student’s name, the professor’s name, the course title, and the
date. The cover page and the reference page are not included in
the required assignment page length.
The specific course learning outcomes associated with this
assignment are:
· Determine the tax implications of conducting business in
non-U.S. currencies.
· Analyze the rules regulating international tax-free
exchanges and the international sale of goods.
· Analyze intangible property rights abroad.
· Examine direct investments abroad through a foreign
branch or foreign company.
· Use technology and information resources to research issues
in international tax planning and research.
· Write clearly and concisely about international tax planning
and research using proper writing mechanics.
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