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H&R Block Income Tax Course Exam Study Guide with Complete Solutions Circular 230 - Ans:-Regulations governing the practice of attorneys, certified public accountants, enrolled agents, enrolled actuaries, and appraisers before the IRS. Disclosure - Ans:-The release of tax information by an IRS ...

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H&R Block Income Tax Course Exam
Study Guide with Complete Solutions


Circular 230 - Ans:✔✔-Regulations governing the practice of attorneys, certified public accountants,

enrolled agents, enrolled actuaries, and appraisers before the IRS.


Disclosure - Ans:✔✔-The release of tax information by an IRS employee.


Due Diligence - Ans:✔✔-Requirements that tax professionals must follow when preparing income tax

returns.


Noncompliance - Ans:✔✔-Failure or refusal to comply with the tax code.


Privilege - Ans:✔✔-Protection from being required to disclose confidential communications between

two parties, such as attorney and client.


Estimated Tax - Ans:✔✔-The amount of tax a taxpayer expects to owe for the year after subtracting

expected amounts withheld and certain refundable credits.


Estimated Tax Voucher - Ans:✔✔-A statement by an individual of (1) the amount of income tax he

estimates he will incur during the current taxable year on income that is not subject to withholding, (2)



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the excess amount over that withheld on income which is subject to withholding, and (3) his estimated

self-employment tax.


Exemption from Withholding - Ans:✔✔-Status claimed on Form W-4 directing the employer not to

withhold federal income taxes from the employee.


Underpayment Penalty - Ans:✔✔-If a taxpayer did not pay enough tax on a timely basis during the year,

he may be required to pay an underpayment penalty.


Withholding Allowances - Ans:✔✔-An increase by which income tax withholding on certain income is

reduced.


Two Ways to Pay as You Go - Ans:✔✔-Withholding and Estimated Tax Payments


Form W-4 - Ans:✔✔-Employee's Withholding Allowance Certificate


Form 8815 - Ans:✔✔-Exclusion of Interest From Series EE and I U.S. Savings Bonds Issued After 1989


Form 2210 - Ans:✔✔-Underpayment of Estimated Tax by Individuals, Estates, and Trusts


Form 4868 - Ans:✔✔-Application for Automatic Extension of Time To File U.S. Individual Income Tax

Return


Form 8888 - Ans:✔✔-Allocation of Refund


Form 9465 - Ans:✔✔-Installment Agreement Request

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Amended Return - Ans:✔✔-A tax return filed on Form 1040X after the original return has been filed.


Closed Year - Ans:✔✔-A tax year for which the statute of limitations has expired.


Open Year - Ans:✔✔-A taxable year for which the statute of limitations has not yet expired.


Failure-to-File Penalty - Ans:✔✔-Generally 5% for each month or part of a month the return is late, but

not more than 25% of the tax not paid.


Failure to File - Ans:✔✔-Taxpayer fails to file the return by the due date, and there is a balance due.


Failure to Pay - Ans:✔✔-Taxpayer fails to pay the tax owed by the due date.


Failure-to-Pay Penalty - Ans:✔✔-0.5% of the unpaid taxes for each month or part of a month after the

due date, but not more than 25%.


Negligence or Intentional Disregard - Ans:✔✔-Taxpayer shows negligence or disregard of the rules or

regulations causing an underpayment.


Negligence-or-Intentional-Disregard Penalty - Ans:✔✔-20% of the underpayment.


Substantial Understatment - Ans:✔✔-Taxpayer understates their tax by the larger of $5,000 or 10% of

the correct tax.


Substantial-Understatement Penalty - Ans:✔✔-20% of the underpayment.



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Form 1040X - Ans:✔✔-Amended U.S. Individual Income Tax Return


When can an amended return be filed? - Ans:✔✔-Within three years of the date the original return was

filed, or within two years of the date the tax was paid, whichever is later.


Can the 1040X be e-filed? - Ans:✔✔-No.


Household Employee - Ans:✔✔-An individual who performs nonbusiness services in a taxpayer's home.


Active Income and Losses - Ans:✔✔-Those for which a taxpayer performs services.


Partnership - Ans:✔✔-A form of business in which two or more persons join their money and skills in

conducting the business as co-owners.


Passive Income and Losses - Ans:✔✔-Those from business activities in which the taxpayer does not

materially participate, and all rental activities.


Portfolio Income and Losses - Ans:✔✔-Those from such sources as dividends, interest, capital gains and

losses, and royalties.


Rental Income - Ans:✔✔-Income received by the taxpayer for allowing another person's use of the

taxpayer's property.


Royalty - Ans:✔✔-(1) A payment received for the right to exploit a taxpayer's ownership of natural

resources or a taxpayer's literary, musical, or artistic creation. (2) An interest in the oil and gas in place


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