1. Describe why the IRS might be skeptical of permitting requests for changes in accounting method without a good business purpose.
2. What is a $481 adjustment and what is its purpose?
3. Manny hired his brother's firm to provide accounting services to his business. During the current year, Manny paid his brother's firm $82,000 for services even though other firms were willing to provide the same services for $40,000. How much of this expenditure, if any, is deductible as an ordinary and necessary business expenditure?