LO.2 How do the all events and economic performance requirements apply to the following transactions by an
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LO.2 How do the all events and economic performance requirements apply to the following transactions by an accrual basis taxpayer?
a. The company guarantees its products for six months. At the end of 2012, customers had made valid claims for $600,000 that were not paid until 2013. Also, the company estimates that another $400,000 in claims from 2012 sales will be filed and paid in 2013.
b. The accrual basis taxpayer reported $200,000 in corporate taxable income for 2012.
The state income tax rate was 6%. The corporation paid $7,000 in estimated state income taxes in 2012 and paid $2,000 on 2011 state income taxes when it filed its 2011 state income tax return in March 2012. The company filed its 2012 state income return in March 2013 and paid the remaining $5,000 of its 2012 state income tax liability.
c. An employee was involved in an accident while making a sales call. The company paid the injured victim $15,000 in 2012 and agreed to pay the victim $15,000 a year for the next nine years.
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South Western Federal Taxation 2013 Individual Income Taxes
ISBN: 9781133189558
36th Edition
Authors: William Hoffman, James E. Smith