REG Study Group Q2 2015 - Page 47

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  • #192517
    jeff
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    Welcome to the Q2 2015 CPA Exam Study Group for REG.

    “Death and Taxes” – Individual Tax for the CPA Exam

    Posted by Another71 on Monday, November 24, 2014

    Free NINJA: https://www.another71.com/cpa-exam-study-plan/

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    BEC - 80
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    Jeff Elliott, CPA (KS)
    NINJA CPA | NINJA CMA | NINJA CPE | Another71
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  • #677895
    imgonnabacpa
    Member

    Hi Everyone,

    I am new to this community though I have been reading a lot on this portal.

    I failed REG twice with a 74 even after doing 100% Becker. I have recently purchased NINJA SIMS also but am not liking it. Maybe I am used to the GUI of Becker Questions which is close to Exams. I plan to take the exam in 3 weeks from now but did not study for th last three weeks except maybe 200 questions in all these days. For me Taxation of entities is shown a week area.

    Please advice me how to handle it and pass REG this time or else I will lose my credit for the exam already passed.

    Please advice.

    Regards,

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    #677897
    Gabe
    Participant

    If you know you're weak in taxation of entities, hammer MCQs from Ninja until you really understand it. Post questions here when you really don't understand something. We're all here to help 🙂

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    CISA- Experience will be completed by August 2016

    #677898
    OnlyBelieve
    Participant

    Thanks Gabe “every time I see these “word play” questions I chuckle to myself and say, “dang it CPA exam, go home, you're drunk” lol”

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    #677899
    Holly
    Participant

    Which of the following statements is correct with regard to an individual taxpayer who has elected to amortize a premium on a bond that yields taxable interest?

    A The bonds basis is reduced by the amortization

    B The bonds basis is increased by the amortization

    C The amortization is not treated as a reduction of taxable income

    D The amortization is treated as an itemized deduction

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    #677900
    jstay
    Participant

    hrsexton, A?

    #677901

    okcpa2015. Thank you. Thats good thinking. Yes the answer is D

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    #677902
    Holly
    Participant

    @jstay Yes, it's A. The answer doesn't give any other explanation that rewording the question.

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    FAR - 82
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    REG - 85
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    #677903
    Anonymous
    Inactive

    About to start studying the tax chapters. I was doing the ethics and business law this whole time. I'll be posting questions 🙂

    #677904
    Anonymous
    Inactive

    A premium paid on a bond will reduce taxable interest received for the bond and decrease the basis as it is amortized. If you paid 110 for a 100 face value bond the 10 premium will be amortized and that amortization will reduce the basis from 110 to 100 and reduce the taxable amount of interest income received on the bond.

    #677905
    OnlyBelieve
    Participant

    HR- A…..Amortizing a bond premium means that, over the life of the bond, you use a part of the premium to reduce the amount of taxable interest includible in your income which reduces the basis in the bond

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    BEC - DONE
    REG - 04/04
    FAR - 05/30

    #677906
    Gabe
    Participant

    What if it was the other way around, we bought a bond at a discount…would there be any implications to the basis? I seem to remember when studying for FAR we had to add interest to increase the bond to it's face amount. Any ideas?

    CPA, CFE
    CISA- Experience will be completed by August 2016

    #677907
    jstay
    Participant

    yeah Gabe, I believe your correct

    #677908
    stoleway
    Participant

    @gabe…Discount amortized will increase your interest income, it will also increase your bond basis in the long run.

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    #677909
    Gabe
    Participant

    @stoleaway that's what I remembered from FAR, just making sure it was still accurate for REG.

    CPA, CFE
    CISA- Experience will be completed by August 2016

    #677910
    Anonymous
    Inactive

    anybody have a good mnemonic for gross income for individual tax? I looked up a few old threads but none of them cover all of them. The closest I found was “WAT IS UP” which doesn't include interest,dividends, bus inc, capital gain/loss, rental, k-1 and other inc

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