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SOLUTION MANUAL FOR McGraw-Hill's Taxation of Individuals 2024 Edition, 15th Edition Spilker
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Solution ManualMcGraw-Hill's Taxation of Individuals 2024 Edition,
15th Edition by Spilker, Ayers, All Chapters 1 - 14
,TABLE OF CONTENTS
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PartwI:wIntroductionwtowTaxation
Chapterw1:wAnwIntroductionwtowTax
Chapterw2:wTaxwCompliance,wthewIRS,wandwTaxwAuthorities
Chapterw3:wTaxwPlanningwStrategieswandwRelatedwLimitations
PartwII:wBasicwIndividualwTaxation
Chapterw4:wIndividualwIncomewTaxwOverview,wDependents,wandwFilingwStatus
Chapterw5:wGrosswIncomewandwExclusions
Chapterw6:wIndividualwDeductions
Chapterw7:wInvestments
Chapterw8:wIndividualwIncomewTaxwComputationwandwTaxwCredits
PartwIII:wBusiness-RelatedwTransactions
Chapterw9:wBusinesswIncome,wDeductions,wandwAccountingwMethods
Chapterw10:wPropertywAcquisitionwandwCostwRecovery
Chapterw11:wPropertywDispositions
PartwIV:wSpecializedwTopics
Chapterw12:wCompensation
Chapterw13:wRetirementwSavingswandwDeferredwCompensation
Chapterw14:wTaxwConsequenceswofwHomewOwnership
,Chapterw1
AnwIntroductionwtowTax
DiscussionwQuestions
(1) [LOw1]wJessica’swfriendwZacharywoncewstatedwthatwhewcouldn’twunderstandwwhy
someonewwouldwtakewawtaxwcourse.wWhywiswthiswawratherwnaïvewview?
Taxeswarewawpartwofweverydaywlifewandwhavewawfinancialweffectwonwmanywofwthewmajor
w personalwdecisionswthatwindividualswfacew(e.g.,winvestmentwdecisions,wevaluatingw alte
rnativewjobwoffers,wsavingwforweducationwexpenses,wgiftworwestatewplanning,wetc.).
(2) [LOw1]wWhatwarewsomewaspectswofwbusinesswthatwrequirewknowledgewofwtaxation?
w Whatwarewsomewaspectswofwpersonalwfinancewthatwrequirewknowledgewofwtaxation
?
Taxeswplaywanwimportantwrolewinwfundamentalwbusinesswdecisionswsuchwaswthew follow
ing:
Whatworganizationalwformwshouldwawbusinesswuse?
Wherewshouldwthewbusinesswlocate?
Howwshouldwbusinesswacquisitionswbewstructured?
Howwshouldwthewbusinesswcompensatewemployees?
Whatwiswthewappropriatewmixwofwdebtwandwequitywforwthewbusiness?
Shouldwthewbusinesswrentworwownwitswequipmentwandwproperty?
Howwshouldwthewbusinesswdistributewprofitswtowitswowners?
Onewmustwconsiderwallwtransactionwcostsw(includingwtaxes)wtowevaluatewthewmeritswofw
awtransaction.
Commonwpersonalwfinancialwdecisionswthatwtaxeswinfluencewinclude:wchoosingw invest
ments,wretirementwplanning,wchoosingwtowrentworwbuywawhome,wevaluatingw alternative
wjobwoffers,wsavingwforweducationwexpenses,wandwdoingwgiftworwestatew planning.
(3) [LOw1]wDescribewsomewwayswinwwhichwtaxeswaffectwthewpoliticalwprocesswinwthe
w UnitedwStates.
U.S.wpresidentialwcandidateswoftenwdistinguishwthemselveswfromwtheirwopponents
, basedwuponwtheirwtaxwrhetoric.wLikewise,wthewmajorwpoliticalwpartieswgenerallywhavew v
erywdiversewviewswofwthewappropriatewwaywtowtaxwthewpublic.wDeterminingwwhowisw ta
xed,wwhatwiswtaxed,wandwhowwmuchwiswtaxedwarewdifficultwquestions.wVoterswmustw ha
vewawbasicwunderstandingwofwtaxeswtowevaluatewthewmeritswofwalternativewtaxw proposal
swofferedwbywopposingwpoliticalwcandidateswandwtheirwpoliticalwparties.
(4) [LOw2]wCourtneywrecentlywreceivedwawspeedingwticketwonwherwwaywtowthewuniversity.
w Herwfinewwasw$200.wIswthiswconsideredwawtax?wWhyworwwhywnot?
Thew$200wspeedingwticketwiswnotwconsideredwawtax.wInstead,witwiswconsideredwawfine
w orwpenalty.wTaxeswdifferwfromwfineswandwpenaltieswbecausewtaxeswarewnotwintende
dw towpunishworwpreventwillegalwbehavior.
(5) [LOw2]wMarlonwandwLatoyawrecentlywstartedwbuildingwawhouse.wTheywhadwtowpay
$300wtowthewcountywgovernmentwforwawbuildingwpermit.wIswthew$300wpaymentwawtax?w
Whyworwwhywnot?
Thewbuildingwpermitwiswnotwconsideredwawtaxwbecausew$300wpaymentwiswdirectlyw linke
dwtowawbenefitwthatwtheywreceivedw(i.e.,wthewabilitywtowbuildwawhouse).
(6) [LOw2]wTowhelpwpaywforwthewcity’swnewwstadium,wthewcitywofwBirminghamwrecently
w enactedwaw1wpercentwsurchargewonwhotelwrooms.wIswthiswawtax?wWhyworwwhywnot?
Thew1wpercentwsurchargewiswawtax.wThew1wpercentwsurchargewiswanwearmarkedwtaxw–
w i.e.,wcollectedwforwawspecificwpurpose.wThewsurchargewiswconsideredwawtaxwbecausew t
hewtaxwpaymentswmadewbywtaxpayerswdownotwdirectlywrelatewtowthewspecificwbenefitw re
ceivedwbywthewtaxpayers.
(7) [LOw2]wAswnotedwinwExamplew1-
2,wtolls,wparkingwmeterwfees,wandwannualwlicensingw feeswarewnotwconsideredwtaxes.w
Canwyouwidentifywotherwfeeswthatwarewsimilar?
Therewarewseveralwpossiblewanswerswtowthiswquestion.wSomewcommonwexamplesw incl
udewentrancewfeeswtownationalwparks,wtagwfeeswpaidwtowlocal/statewgovernmentw forwa
utomobiles,wboats,wetc.
(8) [LOw2]wIfwthewgeneralwobjectivewofwourwtaxwsystemwiswtowraisewrevenue,wwhywdoeswthe
w incomewtaxwallowwdeductionswforwcharitablewcontributionswandwretirementwplanw co
ntributions?
Inwadditionwtowthewgeneralwobjectivewofwraisingwrevenue,wCongresswuseswthewfederalw t
axwsystemwtowencouragewcertainwbehaviorwandwdiscouragewotherwbehavior.wThew chari
tablewcontributionwdeductionwiswintendedwtowencouragewtaxpayerswtowsupportw thewini
tiativeswofwcharitableworganizations,wwhereaswdeductionswforwretirementw contribution
swarewintendedwtowencouragewretirementwsavings.wAnotherwobjectivewofw thewtaxwsyste
mwiswtowredistributewwealth.
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