TITLE PAGE INCOME TAX Assessment - Report writing NAME: xxxx xxxx STUDENT NUMBER: xxxxxx HND Accounting TUTOR: xxxx xxxx
DATE: April 2012
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS.
I would like to thank my tutor, xxxx xxxx for the valuable advice and support given to me to enable me to write my report.
INTRODUCTION.
The purpose of this report is to fully evaluate Katy’s situation by providing detailed information about the different issues regarding employment and self-employment to enable her to determine her employment status.
Question 1
Employment and Self-employment
It is highly important to establish a person’s employment status. The key test to be applied when trying to determine a taxpayer’s status is concerned with the nature of
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Question 2
Income tax assessments are computed for a tax year of assessment. They are based on a taxpayer’s total income for the year from all sources and it does not include income exempt from income tax.
Taxable Persons
Persons resident in the UK for a tax year are charged to income tax on their total income for that year (includes both income arising in the UK and income arising overseas). There are two exceptions to the rule; some forms of income are fully exempt from income tax; and UK residents whose permanent home is not in the UK may claim that the income they make overseas should be subject to UK income tax only to the extent that the income is remitted to the UK. Non-UK residents are allowed to pay income tax on only their UK income. Income tax is payable by: * Adults, on their own income and on their share of partnership income * Children, if they have sufficient income to pay tax * Trustees, on the income of a trust or settlement * Personal representatives, on income arising from the estate of a deceased person.
Some individuals and organisations are generally exempt from income tax subject to various restrictions and exemptions. They include: * Companies (pay corporation tax) * Registered charities and scientific research associations, except on trading income * Registered pension schemes * Representatives of foreign countries (ambassadors) * Visiting members of foreign
At first we need to assess the characteristics for ordinary income. Ordinary income is generated from personal exertion (i.e. Salary income), property (rent, interest) and carrying out business activities. According to ITAA 1997, section 6-5 (1) , the assessable income constitutes income derived from ordinary concepts. There are some provisions listed under section 10-5 may be effect the treatment of ordinary income.
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Ben Franklin, once said “In this world nothing can be said to be certain, except death and taxes”. For many of us as taxpayers, it is certain that taxes and dealing with the IRS are the most stressful and painful things in life. We start to pay taxes as soon as we get our first jobs, and we have to deal with the IRS until we get buried. We constantly pay attention to the federal tax policies as they affect us financially.
Section 451(a) provides the following general rule regarding the year in which items of gross income should be included in taxable income:
I do not agree with the SSA representative “revising the determination” of nine and one half years in the past. The determination was made correctly when I sat in their office and I was guaranteed that I had the quarters and earnings necessary to qualify for the benefits which I was paid during the past nine and one half years. That representative was checking his computer right in front of me as he gave me that reassurance. That decision was based upon my earnings reported and recorded by the IRS from my Partnership filings which was duly reported to the IRS according to the rules as they existed at the time. In 2010, the agency requested proof of my tax filing and timely filing, as well as, the paper which showed my partnership portion
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Note: I was going to say: “man up” but decided to omit this cliché because: 1) many people are confused as to what message the cliché is transmitting; 2) the sheer redundancy of a cliché often renders empty meanings; 3) Single words and cut-off phrases uttered with-out any regard to the audience, and then the rest of the unthinking population repeating willy nelly again and again these empty word/phrases; well, they soon become inappropriate, ill-informed, unwanted and useless jargon. Therefore: I’m going to start over and proceed with ameliorate words to convey this message:
According to all the workings, the taxable income is calculated and provided in a table below.
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1.Do you feel that Karen is an independent contractor or an employee? What is your rationale for this decision?
is based on a single estimate of the tax base from which a theoretical tax liability is
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