Allen, Beth, and Charlie formed Brick Corporation. Allen and Beth each received one-third of Brick stock in exchange for property transferred. Charlie contributed services in exchange for his one-third stock ownership. Are these exchanges taxable under Section 351? Also, explain Section 351 transactions in general and describe several steps they can take to reduce their tax liability.

Sandra would like to organize LAB (a legal corporation) as either an Scorporation or a C corporation for tax purposes. In either form, the entity isexpected to generate an 8 percent annual before-tax return on a $500,000investment. Sandra marginal income tax rate is 37 percent and her tax rateon qualified dividends and net capital gains is 20 percent. LAB income is notqualified business income (QBI), so Sandra is not allowed to claim the QBIdeduction. Assume that LAB will distribute all of its earnings after entity-leveltaxes every year. Ignore the additional Medicare tax and the net investmentincome tax when computing your answers. a. How much cash after taxes would Sandra receive from her investment inthe first year if LAB is organized as either an S corporation or a Ccorporation?

Which of the following statements is true? Oa. A one-time election is available to taxpayers 55 years of age or older which allows them to sell their personal residences and to exclude all of the realized gain. Ob. A taxpayer's personal residence qualifies for a like-kind exchange. Oc. A taxpayer who sells a personal residence may always exclude the realized gain from taxable income. Od. None of these choices are true. Oe. All of these choices are true.

One of the following statements is correct. Which is it?  In the preparation of the donor’s tax return: Dowries are shown as deductions from the gross gifts. Dowries are not shown any more as gross gifts and as deductions. Spouses making donations of conjugal community property prepare one donor’s tax return. Donor’s tax on donations to strangers and to non-strangers are computed and shown in separate returns.

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Taxpayer X and Taxpayer Y each agree to pay their tax preparer, Randy, from the refund they receive from the IRS. Upon presenting their refund checks to Randy, Randy pays them the difference in cash. Randy then endorses both checks and deposits them into his account. Randy has a Power of Attorney for Taxpayer X, but no Power of Attorney for Taxpayer Y. Randy can negotiate and endorse the refund check of Taxpayer X, but not that of Taxpayer YRandy can negotiate and endorse the refund check of Taxpayer Y, but not that of Taxpayer XRandy cannot negotiate or endorse either refundcheckRandy can negotiate and endorse both refund checksNEXT

Lenny is the sole shareholder of an S corporation. Each year, he draws a salary and receives a distribution of profits from the corporation. Which of the following statements is TRUE? Lenny's share of the profits will not be subject to social security or medicare taxes. Lenny's salary will be treated as self-employment income and must be reported on Schedule C. Lenny will pay income taxes only on the portion of the profits that he actually distributes to himself. Lenny may determine his salary by selecting the amount that provides him the greatest tax benefit, regardless of the market rate for the services he provides.