Income Tax Fundamentals 2020
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ISBN: 9780357391129
Author: WHITTENBURG
Publisher: Cengage
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Chapter 11, Problem 20MCQ
To determine
Introduction: To operate a business, a taxpayer generally chooses between individual trading,
To choose: The true statement regarding corporate alternative minimum tax (AMT).
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1)Which of the following statements is true regarding the taxable income limitation on the qualified business income (QBI) deduction (assuming all of the taxpayer’s taxable income is ordinary income)?
a)The limit is 20% of taxable income taxed at ordinary rates before deducting the QBI deduction.
b)The limit is determined at the business entity level.
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Which of the following statements is true?
All corporations are subject to AMT.
Small corporations with average annual gross receipts of less than $10 million are not subject to AMT.
The Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017 repealed the corporate alternative minimum tax (AMT) beginning in 2018.
The AMT rate is 25% of AMT income after exemption.
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Income Tax Fundamentals 2020
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