(1) Determine the most significant adjustment that a corporation can take to reduce taxable income. Explain the fundamental ways in which the adjustment that you have analyzed impact corporate distributions.
(2) Indicate the strongest influences that the calculation of current E&P has on a corporation's accumulated E&P for the following year. Provide a rationale for your response.
(3) Determine a significant advantage and disadvantage of using buy-sell agreements to handle the disposition of a retiring or deceased shareholder's stock in a corporation. Provide support for your findings.
(4) Suggest at least two ways in which the tax rules related to stock redemptions could be improved. Provide a rationale for your response
(5) Provide one example of the way in which a complete corporate liquidation affects shareholders. Explain the key means by which a shareholder's tax burden can be reduced with a corporate net gain.
(6) Describe the details of the example you researched, and determine the most significant impact to shareholders.
(7) Analyze the difference between a corporate liquidation and a corporate reorganization. Evaluate the impact to the corporation you identified.
(8) Evaluate the effectiveness of the primary rules and limitations applied to liquidating a corporation. Provide examples to support your answer
(9) Create an argument in favor of using a partnership agreement related to business ownership and operations. Next, predict at least two consequences that might occur if an agreement is not executed.
(10) Determine a key advantage and disadvantage of forming a partnership with a friend or family member, as opposed to with a business associate. Identify a key factor that would influence the decision to form a partnership in this manner. Provide support for your rationale.