Answer:
B) Transferring interest income from a taxpayer's investment to his young daughter
Explanation:
If you want to pay less taxes there are two basic ways that you can do it:
- moving income (and deductions) to a more favorable tax jurisdiction, e.g. many multinational corporations did this by setting foreign headquarters that managed sales outside the US
- moving income form a tax payer that falls under into a high tax bracket to another taxpayer that falls under a lower tax bracket, e.g. giving stock to your children as a gift
Answer:
A) lower income tax rates could increase tax revenues.
Explanation:
The laffer curve is a theoretical model which argues that there a tax rate that theoretically produces the most revenue for the government. Said tax rate is between 0% and 100%.
President Reagan used this model to argue that a lower tax rate would actually increase government revenue. The logic behind this claim was that lower tax rates increases both public and private saving, which in turn increases investment, resulting in more economic growth, and more taxable income.
The validity of these claims is dispute and is subject to debate among economists.
Answer:
The federal government can regulate Jen's activity citing the supreme court rule of the government ability to regulate any activity interstate or intrastate that affects interstate commerce.
In the line of this argument it means that a farmer growing and of goods affects interstate commerce.
The farmers best argument concerning the federal government regulating their activities due to interstate commerce is that his activities are purely local and although I don't believe any court will hear him out.
Explanation:
Answer:
True
Explanation:
Section 351 (a) establishes that no gain or loss should be recognized when property is transferred to a corporation:
- in exchange of stock in that corporation (might receive common stock or share class stocks)
- as soon as the exchange is complete, the new stockholder must be in control of the corporation.
Not all common stocks have the same voting rights, that is why they are divided into share classes which assign separate voting rights or powers. Section 351 does not include preferred stocks.
