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TRUE/FALSE. Write 'T' if the statement is true and 'F' if the statement is false.
1) Corporations are required to file a tax return annually regardless of their taxable income.
Answer: True False
2) The tax return filing requirements for individual taxpayers only depend on the taxpayer's filing
status.
Answer: True False
3) If a taxpayer is due a refund, she does not have to file a tax return.
Answer: True False
4) If April 15th falls on a Saturday, the due date for individual tax returns will be on Monday, April
17th.
Answer: True False
5) If an individual taxpayer is unable to file a tax return by its original due date, the taxpayer can
request an automatic 9-month extension to file the return.
Answer: True False
6) An extension to file a tax return does not extend the due date for tax payments.
Answer: True False
7) The statute of limitations for IRS assessment generally ends four years after the date a tax return is
filed.
Answer: True False
8) For fraudulent tax returns, the statute of limitations for IRS assessment is ten years.
Answer: True False
9) The IRS DIF system checks each tax return for mathematical mistakes and errors.
Answer: True False
10) Joel reported a high amount of charitable contributions as a deduction on his individual tax return
relative to taxpayers with similar income levels. The information matching program is the IRS
program most likely to identify Joel's tax return for audit.
Answer: True False
11) Office examinations are the most common type of IRS audit.
Answer: True False
12) The three basic types of IRS examinations are computer exams, office exams, and business exams.
Answer: True False
13) The "30-day" letter gives the taxpayer the opportunity to request an appeals conference or agree to a
proposed IRS adjustment on the taxpayer's income tax return.
Answer: True False
15) Ifa taxpayer has little cash and a very technical tax case that she feels very strongly that the tax rules
are "on her side," she should prefer to have her case tried in the U.S. Tax Court.
Answer: True False
16) In researching a tax issue, Eric finds that the U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit
previously has ruled in favor of his tax position, whereas the 11th Circuit (Eric's circuit) previously
has ruled against his tax position. If Eric is contemplating litigating his tax position with the IRS, he
should prefer to have his case first tried by the U.S. Tax Court.
Answer: True False
17) Ifa taxpayer loses a case at the Circuit Court level, he is granted an automatic appeal hearing with
the Supreme Court.
Answer: True False
18) Secondary authorities are official sources of the tax law with a lesser "weight" than primary
authorities.
Answer: True False
19) Revenue rulings and revenue procedures are examples of primary authorities.
Answer: True False
20) The Internal Revenue Code and tax treaties are examples of statutory authorities.
Answer: True False
21) Because the U.S. District Court hears a broader set of cases, decisions by the U.S. District Court
may be considered to have more authoritative weight than the U.S. Court of Federal Claims.
Answer: True False
22) Temporary Regulations have more authoritative weight than revenue rulings.
Answer: True False
23) Proposed and Temporary Regulations have the same authoritative weight.
Answer: True False
24) An acquiescence indicates that the IRS lost a court case and that it has decided to follow the court's
ruling in the future.
Answer: True False
25) The Internal Revenue Code of 1986 is the name of the current income tax code of the United States
of America.
Answer: True False
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26) As required by the Constitution, all tax bills are supposed to originate in the House of
Representatives.
Answer: True False
27) The Senate Ways and Means Committee is in charge of drafting tax bills in the U.S. Senate.
Answer: True False
29) Of the two basic types of tax services, beginning tax researchers often prefer topical tax services.
Answer: True False
30) Inresearching a question of fact, the researcher should focus her efforts on identifying authorities
with fact patterns similar to her client's facts.
Answer: True False
31) Under the Statement on Standards for Tax Services, a CPA may recommend a tax return position if
the position is frivolous and the position is not disclosed on the tax return.
Answer: True False
32) Ingeneral, a CPA will satisfy his professional responsibilities under the Statement on Standards for
Tax Services when recommending a tax return position if he complies with the standards imposed
by the applicable tax authority.
Answer: True False
33) Under the tax law, taxpayers may be subject to both civil and criminal penalties for underpaying
their tax liability (e.g., due to fraud).
Answer: True False
34) A taxpayer can avoid an underpayment penalty if there is substantial authority that supports her tax
return position.
Answer: True False
35) Ifthe IRS assesses additional tax on a tax return upon audit, a taxpayer may be subject to interest
and penalties on the underpayment.
Answer: True False
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