4018523
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Quiz by Stephany Fox, updated more than 1 year ago
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Created by Stephany Fox
about 9 years ago
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Question 1
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Reorganization is a non taxable exchange
Answer
- True
- False
Question 2
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Which of the following is false regarding annuities?
Answer
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They are misleading, as they do not adjust for inflation
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Premiums that you pay will equal your basis, so this part is recovered tax-free
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Annuities are more beneficial for the buyers than for the insurance company
Question 3
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If you pay $400k in annuity premiums, but you'll live long enough to use 720k worth, how much of each dollar of annuity payment must you pay tax on?
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400/720
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720/400
Question 4
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Which of the following is not a characteristic of US EE savings bonds?
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You pay for half
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They accrue interest, on which you continually pay tax
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All accrued interest is taxable at once
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They stop paying interest after 30 years
Question 5
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Only net profit (rents minus operating and maintenance expenses) are included in the AGI of an owner of rental real estate.
Answer
- True
- False
Question 6
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Which of the following is true about rental real estate?
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Rental real estate is a 1231 asset
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Buildings are depreciated using MACRS with either 27.5 or 39 year recover periods
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Depreciation allows owners to recover their investments in buildings
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Rental real estate is never subject to Medicare contribution tax
Question 7
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A passive activity occurs when someone owns interest in a business and materially participates in the business, but they are not concerned about whether they make a profit.
Answer
- True
- False
Question 8
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Which of the following people would definitely be able to take a deduction of $5k for their passive activity loss?
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Sandra had a regular business loss of $10k in the same year.
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Billy had a regular business loss of $4k in that same year and no passive activity income
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Lola had $5k of passive activity income
Question 9
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Hotels do not count as passive activity rental properties.
Answer
- True
- False
Question 10
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Whom of the following would be eligible for the special $25k passive activity loss deduction?
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Nancy, who makes $150k/year
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Zach, who makes $600k/year
Question 11
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Which of the following is an acceptable way to "cut one's losses" from a passive activity?
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Get out the business and sell
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Get involved in another passive activity, make a profit,and deduct the passive loss from your previous activity
Question 12
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Jill is single and has a net investment income of $125k and an AGI of $300k. How much will her income Medicare contribution tax be?
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$4,651, or 3.8% of her net investment income
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$11,400, or 3.8% of her AGI.
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$3,800, or 3.8% of the excess of her AGI over the threshold of $200k
Question 13
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There are four basic kinds of transfer taxes.
Answer
- True
- False
Question 14
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A person has to be alive to transfer something subject to gift tax.
Answer
- True
- False
Question 15
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Which of the following gifts are not taxable?
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Denny gives his convertible to his wife, friend Morton.
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Felicia pays for her niece's chemotherapy treatments.
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Wally gives loses his prize race horse in a bet.
Question 16
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Which of the following are eligible for a tax exclusion (given that none of the following people are related or married?
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Tim gives Theresa a diamond ring worth $6k
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Kimberly gives Kate a set of pots worth $300
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Dana gives Lorraine a cooking lesson and pays for $30 of groceries
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Lorraine gives Kyle plane tickets worth $20k so he can travel the world
Question 17
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You don't actually pay the tax on gift items until the lifetime transfer tax exclusion is reached. This is $5M, indexed each year for inflation. After this threshold is reached, the tax rate is 40%
Answer
- True
- False
Question 18
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Which of the following estates won't have to pay tax?
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Betty leaves all her money to her son Tim
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Ramona leaves all her money to her husband Levi
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Janelle leaves all her money to Boys and Girls Club
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Tom leaves all his money to his mistress Crystal
Question 19
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If Karla inherits a house worth $1M from her mother Bella, she will have to include it in her income for that year.
Answer
- True
- False
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