Description
Davy Jones, a new tax client, walks into your office and informs you that he owns a charter fishing business. Jones is curious about the different legal structures (business forms) that are available for his business, including the sole proprietorship, partnership, S corporations, and C corporations.
- Prepare a memorandum for Jones providing an overview of these 4 business forms.
- Provide an explanation of the advantages and disadvantages of each business form, including a discussion on how the IRS collects income tax from each.
- In your discussion on taxation, include the form names and numbers used for each business in reporting income to the Internal Revenue Service.
and than this next part has two parts.\
You are preparing a guide for the tax preparers working in your Colorado Springs tax preparation office. You want to give them an easy to use guide they can refer to when completing business taxes.
Prepare a chart that includes the following business entities:
- Sole Proprietorship
- Partnership
- S Corporation
- C Corporation
The chart should include the following information for each business entity:
- Tax forms and schedules used to report income to the IRS
- The deadline the tax forms must be filed by for different entity
- The address the paper return must be mailed to for the State of Colorado
- The IRS publication for information on Federal income tax for that business entity
The chart should be of sufficient length to include all required information.
Part 2
Prepare a memo for the tax preparers in your office detailing the certification requirements and annual requirements for maintaining certification (continuing education) for tax preparers.
- In this memo, discuss the importance of certification for the tax office’s customers.
Explanation & Answer
Attached.
Running Head: ADVANCED TAXATION
1
Advanced Taxation
Name
Instructor
Institutional Affiliation
Date
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ADVANCED TAXATION
Part 2
Business Entities
Tax forms and
Deadline the tax
The address to mail
The IRS
schedules to report
forms must be
the paper return
publication for
income to the IRS
filed
for the State of
information on
Colorado
Federal income tax
Sole
A sole proprietor
The deadline is
If the sole proprietor
Publication 334
proprietorship
files Schedule C to
April 15th.
does not include the
provides tax
report income to the
payment, he/she
information for sole
IRS on Form 1040.
should file it to the
proprietorship and
Furthermore, a sole
Department of the
other small
proprietor that earns
Treasury
businesses.
more than $400
Internal Revenue
should file Schedule
Service
SE for Form 1040
Ogden, UT 84201-
or 1040-SR.
0002.
If the payment is
included, the form
should be filed to the
Internal Revenue
Service
P.O. Box 802501
Cincinnati, OH
45280-2501.
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ADVANCED TAXATION
Partnership
A partnership files
15th day of the
Department of the
Publication 541
its income and
3rd month after
Treasury
offers additional
expenses on Form
the partnership’s
Internal Revenue
federal income tax
1065. Although the
tax year that is on
Service Center
information for
partnership does not
15th March.
Ogden, UT 84201-
partnerships.
pay income tax, each
0011
partner gets
Schedule K-1 that
shows the
distributive stake of
each partner’s
expenses, income,
and other items
(Andrews, et al.
2018).
S corporation
Unlike the
15th day of the
Department of the
conventional
3rd month after
Treasury
corporations that file
the partnership’s
Internal Revenue
Form 1120, an S-
tax year that is on
Service
corporation files its
15th March.
Ogden, UT 84201-
return on Form.
Most expenses and
income of an S-
0013
Publication 542
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ADVANCED TAXATION
corporation are
given to
shareholders on
Schedule K-1.
C corporation
A C-corporation
Department of the
Publication 542
files their returns and 4th month- 15th
Treasury
provides information
expenses on Form
Internal Revenue
regarding taxation
Service
for C corporation
Ogden, UT
(Barkoczy, 2016).
1120.
15th day of the
April.
84201-0012
Part 3
Memo
To: The Tax Preparers
From: Daniel Mackey
Date: February 22, 2020
Subject: Certification and Annual Requirements for Maintaining Certification
Every year, tax preparers assist millions of individuals and entities in preparing and filing
their taxes to the ...