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Questão 1

Questão
Reorganization is a non taxable exchange
Responda
  • True
  • False

Questão 2

Questão
Which of the following is false regarding annuities?
Responda
  • They are misleading, as they do not adjust for inflation
  • Premiums that you pay will equal your basis, so this part is recovered tax-free
  • Annuities are more beneficial for the buyers than for the insurance company

Questão 3

Questão
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?
Responda
  • 400/720
  • 720/400

Questão 4

Questão
Which of the following is not a characteristic of US EE savings bonds?
Responda
  • You pay for half
  • They accrue interest, on which you continually pay tax
  • All accrued interest is taxable at once
  • They stop paying interest after 30 years

Questão 5

Questão
Only net profit (rents minus operating and maintenance expenses) are included in the AGI of an owner of rental real estate.
Responda
  • True
  • False

Questão 6

Questão
Which of the following is true about rental real estate?
Responda
  • Rental real estate is a 1231 asset
  • Buildings are depreciated using MACRS with either 27.5 or 39 year recover periods
  • Depreciation allows owners to recover their investments in buildings
  • Rental real estate is never subject to Medicare contribution tax

Questão 7

Questão
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.
Responda
  • True
  • False

Questão 8

Questão
Which of the following people would definitely be able to take a deduction of $5k for their passive activity loss?
Responda
  • Sandra had a regular business loss of $10k in the same year.
  • Billy had a regular business loss of $4k in that same year and no passive activity income
  • Lola had $5k of passive activity income

Questão 9

Questão
Hotels do not count as passive activity rental properties.
Responda
  • True
  • False

Questão 10

Questão
Whom of the following would be eligible for the special $25k passive activity loss deduction?
Responda
  • Nancy, who makes $150k/year
  • Zach, who makes $600k/year

Questão 11

Questão
Which of the following is an acceptable way to "cut one's losses" from a passive activity?
Responda
  • Get out the business and sell
  • Get involved in another passive activity, make a profit,and deduct the passive loss from your previous activity

Questão 12

Questão
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?
Responda
  • $4,651, or 3.8% of her net investment income
  • $11,400, or 3.8% of her AGI.
  • $3,800, or 3.8% of the excess of her AGI over the threshold of $200k

Questão 13

Questão
There are four basic kinds of transfer taxes.
Responda
  • True
  • False

Questão 14

Questão
A person has to be alive to transfer something subject to gift tax.
Responda
  • True
  • False

Questão 15

Questão
Which of the following gifts are not taxable?
Responda
  • Denny gives his convertible to his wife, friend Morton.
  • Felicia pays for her niece's chemotherapy treatments.
  • Wally gives loses his prize race horse in a bet.

Questão 16

Questão
Which of the following are eligible for a tax exclusion (given that none of the following people are related or married?
Responda
  • Tim gives Theresa a diamond ring worth $6k
  • Kimberly gives Kate a set of pots worth $300
  • Dana gives Lorraine a cooking lesson and pays for $30 of groceries
  • Lorraine gives Kyle plane tickets worth $20k so he can travel the world

Questão 17

Questão
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%
Responda
  • True
  • False

Questão 18

Questão
Which of the following estates won't have to pay tax?
Responda
  • Betty leaves all her money to her son Tim
  • Ramona leaves all her money to her husband Levi
  • Janelle leaves all her money to Boys and Girls Club
  • Tom leaves all his money to his mistress Crystal

Questão 19

Questão
If Karla inherits a house worth $1M from her mother Bella, she will have to include it in her income for that year.
Responda
  • True
  • False

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