Question: 1. The IRC restricts the choices for a partnership's tax year to prevent the deferral of tax. This causes most partnerships to adopt a calendar year for tax reporting. From the e-Activity, create a scenario using a fiscal tax year which allows a partnership to defer taxes that meet the requirements of Sections 706 and 444 of the IRC.
e-Activity: Go to the Tax Almanac Website, or use the Internet to research partnership tax years. Be prepared to discuss.
2. As discussed in the textbook, large accounting firms and other professional firms operate as limited liability partnerships (LLPs). Compare and contrast the advantages and disadvantages of a LLP form of business and a C-Corporation. Suggest the major reasons why a new entity would choose an LLP over a traditional partnership or a C-Corporation.
3. Based on the information contained in the textbook and IRC, losses and deductions of an S corporation pass through to the shareholders of the corporation and are limited to the shareholders' basis in the S corporation. Suggest a plan for a client to increase the deductible pass through loss and deductions over the initial investment from a new wholly owned S corporation.
4. From the e-Activity, differentiate between the treatment of S corporation distributions from corporations having no earnings and profits, and corporations having accumulated earnings and profits. Suggest the most significant reason for the difference in the treatment of distributions. Justify your response.
e-Activity: Go to the Tax Almanac Website, or use the Internet to research S corporation distributions and taxation. Be prepared to discuss.