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Current Tax System
• Why do we have an income tax, what is the legal basis,
how does congress use tax law?
• What is the audit process utilized by the IRS as part of the
administration of tax law?
• What ethical guidelines will apply to you in your tax
practice?
Tax Law
• What are the economic, social, equity, and political
considerations that justify various aspects of the tax law?
• Describe the role played by the IRS and the courts in the
evolution of the federal tax system
• What is the purpose of each of these three sources of tax
law: statutory, administrative, and judicial ?
Deductions and Exemptions
• Define all parts of the federal income tax formula
• Arrive at the correct number of personal exemptions
• Apply dependency exemption rules
• Calculate the tax liability
• Determine the correct filing requirement and status for a
taxpayer
• Understand basic property transaction rules
Gross Income - Concepts and Inclusions
• Distinguish between the economic, accounting, and tax
concepts of gross income
• Determine if a taxpayer should pay the tax on a particular
item of income
• Determine if certain items are considered income by
applying the Internal Revenue Code rule
Exclusions from Gross Income
After completing this section, you should be able to do the
following:
• Identify when to exclude an item from gross income
• Identify when receipts can be excluded under the tax-
benefit rule
• Describe when income must be reported from the discharge
of indebtedness
Deductions and Losses in General
• Determine the benefit derived from deductions for and
from adjusted gross income
• Determine the special rules that apply to the following
items: public policy limitations, political activities, excessive
executive compensation, investigation of business opportunities,
hobby losses, vacation-home rentals, payment of others'
expenses, personal expenditures, capital expenditures, related-
party transactions, and expenses related to tax-exempt income
Business Expenses
• Determine how to apply a bad debt deduction
• Determine the tax effects of worthless securities, including
§1244 stock
• Correctly apply the tax rules for deductible and
nondeductible losses of individuals
• Determine the proper application of a casualty loss
deduction
• Calculate the domestic production activities deduction
• Determine the effect of the carry back and carryover
provisions
Depreciation
• Identify the time periods for the different tax depreciation
methods
• Determine the cost recovery under MACRS
• Identify listed property and special rules for them
• Calculate the amortization amount for an intangible asset
Employee Expenses
• List the business and personal expenditures that are
deductible either as miscellaneous itemized deductions or as
other itemized deductions
• Calculate the moving expense deduction
• Calculate the contribution to a retirement account
• Identify limitations on itemized deductions
Certain Itemized Deductions
• Identify deductible and nondeductible, personal expenses
• Identify medical expenses and calculate the medical
expense deduction
• Identify the deductibility of state and local income taxes
and sales taxes
• Identify limitation on certain itemized deductions
applicable to high-income taxpayers
Passive Activities
• Explain why at-risk and passive loss limitations were put
into tax law
• Identify the taxpayers subject to passive loss rules that
limit deductions for losses
• Discuss the rules for identifying a passive activity
• Apply the rules for material participation
• Describe how passive loss rules apply to rental activities
Tax Credits
• Explain why congress creates tax credits that reduce
federal tax collections
• Identify the difference between refundable and
nonrefundable credits and how they are applied
• Identify business-related tax credits
• Identify tax credits that apply to individual taxpayers
Partnership Distributions
• What are the rules pertaining to partnership taxation?
• What tax impacts are there when forming a partnership
with cash and property contributions?
• What accounting periods and accounting methods can
partnerships use?
• Does a partnership have a taxable income?
• How is a partner's income tax return affected by specific
partnership items?
• Determine a partner's basis in the partnership interest and
explain how liabilities affect the basis computation.
• Are there limits on deductions for partnership losses?
• How are transactions between a partner and the partnership
reported?
• What are the impacts to individual partners when
liquidating a partnership?
• How is a selling partner's gain or loss on the sale or
exchange of a partnership interest reported?
• Do partnership provisions also apply to limited liability
companies (LLCs) and limited liability partnerships (LLPs)?
Trusts, Estates, etc.
• What are trusts, estates, beneficiaries, and other parties?
• How are the accounting and taxable income of a trust or
estate and the related taxable income of the beneficiaries
determined?
• Illustrate the uses and implications of distributable net
income.
Accounting Standards
• What are the objectives of financial accounting?
• What are generally accepted accounting principles?
• What ethical rules do accountants have to follow related to
financial reporting?
Conceptual Framework
• What are the basic assumptions used in accounting?
• What are qualitative characteristics of accounting
information?
• What impact do constraints have on reporting accounting
information?
• What is the rule-setting authority of the Financial
Accounting Standards Board, the Securities and Exchange
Commission with regard to accounting regulations and
enforcement, and the International Accounting Standards
Board?
Receivables — Valuation Methods
• What methods are used to account for bad debt expense?
• What is the journal entry to record bad debt expense under
each method?
• How do you calculate the allowance for bad debt?
• What is the journal entry to record accounts receivables
sold with recourse and without recourse?
• Explain how discounts offered to customers have an effect
on the value of receivables
Inventory-Valuation methods
• What impact do free on board (FOB) terms have on
inventory valuation?
• What is the effect of the dollar-value last-in, first-out
(LIFO) on income and asset valuation?
Acquisition and Disposition
• What is the cost of property, plant, and equipment?
• How is construction-project interest costs recorded?
• What is a lump-sum purchase of assets, and how is each
asset valued?
Depreciation and Depletion
• What is depreciation? What is accumulated depreciation?
• What are the different methods used for depreciation?
• What is the journal entry to record depreciation under each
method?
• What is the best method to use for depreciation based on
given circumstances?
• What method is used to calculate depletion?
Intangible Assets
• What is the difference between a tangible and intangible
asset?
• What is goodwill?
• What is the estimated useful life of a trademark, copyright,
and patent?
• What method is used to cost allocate an intangible asset?
• How are research and development costs accounted for?
• How do the impairment rules impact asset value?
Current Liabilities
• How are short-term payables recorded?
• How are dividends payable recorded?
• What are unearned (or deferred) revenues, and how are
they recorded?
• What items are included in payroll and the associated
payables?
• What is a contingency, and when do the disclosure
requirements require recording in the accounting records?
• What is an imputed interest rate, and how is it used?
Long Term Liabilities
• What are the characteristics of different types of corporate
bonds?
• Why are bonds issued at a price different from face value?
• How is a bond issue-price determined?
• How are the accounting entries different for straight-line
and effective interest amortization?
• How is the accounting different for a bond issuance
between interest dates?
• How is the value of long-term notes payable calculated?
• How is off-balance-sheet financing used?
Capital Acquisition from Investors
• How are stock issuances recorded?
• How are stock splits accounted for?
• How does the accounting change if a stock dividend is
large vs. small?
• Does the income statement reflect gains from treasury
stock reissuance?
• How do common and preferred stock differ?
• Do stock options have any effect on the balance sheet?
• What is done on each of the dates associated with a
dividend?
Dilutive Securities and Earnings per Share
• How are stock options recorded?
• How is a conversion from debt to common stock recorded?
• What impacts does a convertible preferred class of stock
have on earnings per share?
• Do stock dividends and stock splits impact earnings per
share calculations?
• What is the difference between basic earnings per share
and diluted earnings per share?
Investments
• What are the different types of securities?
• How do the accounting entries change for securities at cost
and at equity?
• What effect did the Securities Act of 1933 have on
investments?
• What effect did the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 have
on investments?
Revenue Recognition
• What are the eight ways to recognize revenue?
• What is channel stuffing, and how does the practice affect
revenue recognition?
• What methods can be used to report revenue on long-term
construction projects?
• How do the rules change when accounting for discontinued
operations?
• What are extraordinary items?
• How does a change in accounting principle affect the
income statement?
Accounting and Income Tax Rule Differences
• Using given data, what is deferred tax asset or deferred tax
liability?
• Identify temporary and permanent tax differences.
• How are deferred taxes over multiple years affected based
on the marginal-rate tax system?
• How do the rules for tax loss carry backs and carry
forwards differ?
• What are intra-period tax allocations?
Pensions
• What are two types of pension plans?
• What is the journal entry to record pension expense under
each type?
• What is a defined benefit plan compared to a defined
contribution plan?
Leases
• What are the four capitalization rules used to classify a
lease as a capital lease or an operating lease?
• What is the journal entry to record the minimum lease
payment?
• What is the journal entry to record a lease payment when a
residual value is present?

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  • 1. Current Tax System • Why do we have an income tax, what is the legal basis, how does congress use tax law? • What is the audit process utilized by the IRS as part of the administration of tax law? • What ethical guidelines will apply to you in your tax practice? Tax Law • What are the economic, social, equity, and political considerations that justify various aspects of the tax law? • Describe the role played by the IRS and the courts in the evolution of the federal tax system • What is the purpose of each of these three sources of tax law: statutory, administrative, and judicial ? Deductions and Exemptions • Define all parts of the federal income tax formula • Arrive at the correct number of personal exemptions • Apply dependency exemption rules • Calculate the tax liability • Determine the correct filing requirement and status for a taxpayer
  • 2. • Understand basic property transaction rules Gross Income - Concepts and Inclusions • Distinguish between the economic, accounting, and tax concepts of gross income • Determine if a taxpayer should pay the tax on a particular item of income • Determine if certain items are considered income by applying the Internal Revenue Code rule Exclusions from Gross Income After completing this section, you should be able to do the following: • Identify when to exclude an item from gross income • Identify when receipts can be excluded under the tax- benefit rule • Describe when income must be reported from the discharge of indebtedness Deductions and Losses in General • Determine the benefit derived from deductions for and from adjusted gross income • Determine the special rules that apply to the following items: public policy limitations, political activities, excessive executive compensation, investigation of business opportunities, hobby losses, vacation-home rentals, payment of others' expenses, personal expenditures, capital expenditures, related-
  • 3. party transactions, and expenses related to tax-exempt income Business Expenses • Determine how to apply a bad debt deduction • Determine the tax effects of worthless securities, including §1244 stock • Correctly apply the tax rules for deductible and nondeductible losses of individuals • Determine the proper application of a casualty loss deduction • Calculate the domestic production activities deduction • Determine the effect of the carry back and carryover provisions Depreciation • Identify the time periods for the different tax depreciation methods • Determine the cost recovery under MACRS • Identify listed property and special rules for them • Calculate the amortization amount for an intangible asset Employee Expenses • List the business and personal expenditures that are deductible either as miscellaneous itemized deductions or as other itemized deductions
  • 4. • Calculate the moving expense deduction • Calculate the contribution to a retirement account • Identify limitations on itemized deductions Certain Itemized Deductions • Identify deductible and nondeductible, personal expenses • Identify medical expenses and calculate the medical expense deduction • Identify the deductibility of state and local income taxes and sales taxes • Identify limitation on certain itemized deductions applicable to high-income taxpayers Passive Activities • Explain why at-risk and passive loss limitations were put into tax law • Identify the taxpayers subject to passive loss rules that limit deductions for losses • Discuss the rules for identifying a passive activity • Apply the rules for material participation • Describe how passive loss rules apply to rental activities Tax Credits
  • 5. • Explain why congress creates tax credits that reduce federal tax collections • Identify the difference between refundable and nonrefundable credits and how they are applied • Identify business-related tax credits • Identify tax credits that apply to individual taxpayers Partnership Distributions • What are the rules pertaining to partnership taxation? • What tax impacts are there when forming a partnership with cash and property contributions? • What accounting periods and accounting methods can partnerships use? • Does a partnership have a taxable income? • How is a partner's income tax return affected by specific partnership items? • Determine a partner's basis in the partnership interest and explain how liabilities affect the basis computation. • Are there limits on deductions for partnership losses? • How are transactions between a partner and the partnership reported? • What are the impacts to individual partners when liquidating a partnership?
  • 6. • How is a selling partner's gain or loss on the sale or exchange of a partnership interest reported? • Do partnership provisions also apply to limited liability companies (LLCs) and limited liability partnerships (LLPs)? Trusts, Estates, etc. • What are trusts, estates, beneficiaries, and other parties? • How are the accounting and taxable income of a trust or estate and the related taxable income of the beneficiaries determined? • Illustrate the uses and implications of distributable net income. Accounting Standards • What are the objectives of financial accounting? • What are generally accepted accounting principles? • What ethical rules do accountants have to follow related to financial reporting? Conceptual Framework • What are the basic assumptions used in accounting? • What are qualitative characteristics of accounting information? • What impact do constraints have on reporting accounting information?
  • 7. • What is the rule-setting authority of the Financial Accounting Standards Board, the Securities and Exchange Commission with regard to accounting regulations and enforcement, and the International Accounting Standards Board? Receivables — Valuation Methods • What methods are used to account for bad debt expense? • What is the journal entry to record bad debt expense under each method? • How do you calculate the allowance for bad debt? • What is the journal entry to record accounts receivables sold with recourse and without recourse? • Explain how discounts offered to customers have an effect on the value of receivables Inventory-Valuation methods • What impact do free on board (FOB) terms have on inventory valuation? • What is the effect of the dollar-value last-in, first-out (LIFO) on income and asset valuation? Acquisition and Disposition • What is the cost of property, plant, and equipment? • How is construction-project interest costs recorded? • What is a lump-sum purchase of assets, and how is each
  • 8. asset valued? Depreciation and Depletion • What is depreciation? What is accumulated depreciation? • What are the different methods used for depreciation? • What is the journal entry to record depreciation under each method? • What is the best method to use for depreciation based on given circumstances? • What method is used to calculate depletion? Intangible Assets • What is the difference between a tangible and intangible asset? • What is goodwill? • What is the estimated useful life of a trademark, copyright, and patent? • What method is used to cost allocate an intangible asset? • How are research and development costs accounted for? • How do the impairment rules impact asset value? Current Liabilities • How are short-term payables recorded?
  • 9. • How are dividends payable recorded? • What are unearned (or deferred) revenues, and how are they recorded? • What items are included in payroll and the associated payables? • What is a contingency, and when do the disclosure requirements require recording in the accounting records? • What is an imputed interest rate, and how is it used? Long Term Liabilities • What are the characteristics of different types of corporate bonds? • Why are bonds issued at a price different from face value? • How is a bond issue-price determined? • How are the accounting entries different for straight-line and effective interest amortization? • How is the accounting different for a bond issuance between interest dates? • How is the value of long-term notes payable calculated? • How is off-balance-sheet financing used? Capital Acquisition from Investors • How are stock issuances recorded?
  • 10. • How are stock splits accounted for? • How does the accounting change if a stock dividend is large vs. small? • Does the income statement reflect gains from treasury stock reissuance? • How do common and preferred stock differ? • Do stock options have any effect on the balance sheet? • What is done on each of the dates associated with a dividend? Dilutive Securities and Earnings per Share • How are stock options recorded? • How is a conversion from debt to common stock recorded? • What impacts does a convertible preferred class of stock have on earnings per share? • Do stock dividends and stock splits impact earnings per share calculations? • What is the difference between basic earnings per share and diluted earnings per share? Investments • What are the different types of securities? • How do the accounting entries change for securities at cost and at equity?
  • 11. • What effect did the Securities Act of 1933 have on investments? • What effect did the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 have on investments? Revenue Recognition • What are the eight ways to recognize revenue? • What is channel stuffing, and how does the practice affect revenue recognition? • What methods can be used to report revenue on long-term construction projects? • How do the rules change when accounting for discontinued operations? • What are extraordinary items? • How does a change in accounting principle affect the income statement? Accounting and Income Tax Rule Differences • Using given data, what is deferred tax asset or deferred tax liability? • Identify temporary and permanent tax differences. • How are deferred taxes over multiple years affected based on the marginal-rate tax system? • How do the rules for tax loss carry backs and carry
  • 12. forwards differ? • What are intra-period tax allocations? Pensions • What are two types of pension plans? • What is the journal entry to record pension expense under each type? • What is a defined benefit plan compared to a defined contribution plan? Leases • What are the four capitalization rules used to classify a lease as a capital lease or an operating lease? • What is the journal entry to record the minimum lease payment? • What is the journal entry to record a lease payment when a residual value is present?