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Understand the role of a tax practitioner Identify the tax issues involved in a scenario Be able to conduct comprehensive tax research utilizing on-line tools in

 

The example uses a different case. Your submission should not be more than 7 pages long. 

Use the attached file to find the case you have been assigned.

 

Purpose:  The purpose of this is to enable you to meet the following goals:

  • Understand the role of a tax practitioner
  • Identify the tax issues involved in a scenario
  • Be able to conduct comprehensive tax research utilizing on-line tools in order to formulate a solution to the issues raised.
  • Be able to articulate and defend a tax position in writing.

Task:   In order to successfully complete this assignment you must:

  • Prepare a memorandum to the tax manager outlining the information you found in your research.
  •  Format the memo to include:
    • Restatement of Facts (paraphrase)
    • Identify at least three main issues based on these facts
    • Provide a conclusion for each issue
    • Include the analysis that led you to the conclusion for each issue. This analysis should refer to the primary authority that best addresses the issue. 
    • Primary authority would include items such as the Internal Revenue Code, Regulations, Court Cases, etc. These also should be paraphrased in order to highlight your understanding of the primary authority and how it relates specifically to the issue. Tax Topics and IRS publications are NOT primary source material. 
  • Submit the assignment using a Turnitin assignment dropbox.
    • Turnitin, is an online resource that checks your work against: the submissions of others, books, articles, tax code, etc., in order to verify originality of your content.  Given that everyone in the course is working on the same problem and using the same format, the service will likely find some similarity in your paper.  Upon submission you will be able to see your score immediately, as others submit their papers your score may increase.  Should you resubmit your paper, the originality score will not be viewable for 12-24 hours.  
    • I use the information supplied by TurnItIn as well as my professional judgment to determine the originality of your paper. A high similarity rating is an indication of either plagiarism or insufficient original content on your part. Plagiarism is a serious violation of the student's code of conduct and will be handled by the Student Affairs office. 
    • I will accept late assignments for no more than 48 hours after the due date, with a 20% penalty.

The writing assignment will be graded based on grammar, style of writing, logical development of ideas, critical thinking skills, and technical accuracy of the analysis and conclusions, using a rubric, which is found below. 

Assignments will be evaluated on:

  • Completion of assigned task (instructions)
  • Quality of content and research
  • Presentation of material

Hawaiian Memories, Inc. Tax Research Memorandum

Due Date: Wednesday, November 30 at 11:59 pm

Purpose: The purpose of this is to enable you to meet the following goals:

· Understand the role of a tax practitioner

· Identify the tax issues involved in a scenario

· Be able to conduct comprehensive tax research utilizing on-line tools to formulate a solution to the issues raised.

· Be able to articulate and defend a tax position in writing.

Task: In order to successfully complete this assignment, you must:

· Prepare a memorandum to the tax manager outlining the information you found in your research.

· Follow the examples of file memoranda using the formatted Word document included. Format the memo to include:

· Restatement of Facts (paraphrase)

· Identify at least three main issues based on these facts

· Provide a conclusion for each issue

· Include the analysis that led you to the conclusion for each issue. This analysis should refer to the primary authority that best addresses the issue.

· Primary authority would include items such as the Internal Revenue Code, Regulations, Court Cases, etc. These also should be paraphrased to highlight your understanding of the primary authority and how it relates specifically to the issue. IRS Publications and Tax Topics are NOT considered primary authority for this assignment.

· Submit the assignment using a Turnitin assignment drop box.

· Turnitin, is an online resource that checks your work against the submissions of others, books, articles, tax code, etc., to verify originality of your content.  Given that everyone in the course is working on the same problem and using the same format, the service will likely find some similarity in your paper.  Upon submission you will be able to see your score immediately, as others submit their papers your score may increase.  Should you resubmit your paper, the originality score will not be viewable for 12-24 hours.  

· I use the information supplied by Turnitin as well as my professional judgment to determine the originality of your paper. A high similarity rating is an indication of either plagiarism or insufficient original content, any submission with 20%+ similarity score will receive additional scrutiny. Plagiarism is a serious issue which would be a violation of the student code of conduct and would be reported to Student Affairs.

· I will accept late assignments for no more than 48 hours after the due date, with a 20% penalty.

The writing assignment will be graded based on grammar, style of writing, logical development of ideas, critical thinking skills, and technical accuracy of the analysis and conclusions, using a rubric, which is found below. 

Rubric to be used for grading

Expert

Average

Novice

Content

35 points

35

Contains ALL the following:

-All issues identified and thoroughly analyzed.

Thorough analysis of each issue

32

Contains ANY of the following:

Identified most of the relevant issues.

-Good Analysis most issues addressed

28-0

Contains ANY of the following:

-Several relevant issues not addressed

-Insufficient analysis

Complete-ness

20 points

20

Contains ALL the following:

-Proper primary authority citation for all issues.

At least one includes primary authority other than code sections.

-Conclusion and/or recommendation offered

17

Contains ANY of the following:

-Most issues contain primary authority of Code Sections.

– Conclusions and/or recommendations not offered for all issue

15-0

Contains ANY of the following:

-Primary authority not cited

-No conclusions and/or recommendations offered

Readability

20 points

20

Contains ALL the following:

-Well written easy to follow clearly discusses issues.

-Followed recommended format.

17

Contains ANY of the following:

-Some areas include awkward wording or phrasing.

-Grammatical errors.

-Did not follow recommended format.

15-0

Contains ANY of the following:

-Difficult to read

-Numerous grammatical errors

Hawaiian Memories, Inc. (HMI) is a C corporation that was formed in 2007 in Maui. The company markets specialty tourism products of the islands of Hawaii. The initial incorporators were Angie Lee and Bob Lin, who now own 1,000 shares of voting common stock and 100 shares of preferred stock each. The company has eight employees who collectively own 500 shares of nonvoting stock. Most of the employees have worked for the company for several years and purchased the stock when offered at the end of each year. Two own 100 shares each; the other six own 50 shares each.

All individual shareholders are native Hawaiians except for Inge; she is Swedish and has lived on Maui and worked for HMI for three years. Inge plans to move back to Sweden in one year and try to develop markets for HMI products there. Another stockholder is the Plantation Sugar Partnership (PSP). PSP owns 500 nonvoting common shares; it supplies raw sugar in bulk to HMI. Bob Lin and his sister Katie each own 50% of PSP.

The corporation uses a September 30 year-end. The year was chosen arbitrarily. All the HMI shareholders use calendar years. Financial statements for the year ended September 30, 2022, are attached. HMI does not expect that it will generate any significant increases in investment or passive activity income in the coming years.

This was the first year of corporate operating losses in some time. The corporation elected not to carry back the losses because the tax rate paid in those years was lower than they expect to pay in the future. Bob and Angie expect one or two more years of losses and then steady increases in net income.

Bob lives in Hawaii and manages operations there. Angie moved to San Francisco in 2012 to develop mainland markets for their products. Both earn annual salaries of $150,000. The shareholders and all employees are provided accident and health insurance. The company contributes 10% of each employee's salary to a defined contribution pension plan each year.

On October 5, 2022, Bob and Angie came to your office for the first time. They had just filed the corporate return for the fiscal year ended September 30, 2022 and are interested in having you take over all the future tax work for the corporation. They inform you that they have just read an article in Tourism Retailing about the tax and cash-flow benefits of pass-through losses. They have filed an election to be an S corporation, effective on October 1, 2022.

Bob and Angie signed the consent for the S election because they were the only shareholders with voting stock. Their reasoning for making the S election is that they expect losses for a year or two as they try to expand, and they would like to use the losses already incurred as well as prospective losses against their other income. Review all relevant information and identify any issues related to conversion to S status.

Prepare a tax memorandum to your tax manager, Maria Gonzalez that discusses all relevant issues. This memorandum will serve as the basis for the advice the firm will be giving Bob and Angie about the conversion to S status in your upcoming meeting.

Hawaiian Memories, Inc.

Book/Tax Balance Sheet

September 30, 2022

Accounts

Book/Tax Basis

Fair Market Value

Assets

Cash

$100,000

$100,000

Trade accounts receivable

250,000

250,000

Inventory*

450,000

500,000

Furniture & Fixtures

$300,000

Accum. depreciation

(160,000)

140,000

100,000

Investment – Land

350,000

850,000

Total Assets

$1,290,000

$1,800,000

Liabilities and Stockholders’ Equity

Accounts Payable

$145,000

Note Payable, Hawaiian National Bank

200,000

Paid-in-Capital, Common

500,000

Paid-in-Capital, Preferred

100,000

Retained earnings

345,000

Total Liabilities and Stockholders’ Equity

$1,290,000

Notes:

The difference between FIFO and LIFO is expected to be approximately the same for the next year. The entire layer of inventory on hand at conversion will be sold by September 30, 2023

Memories’ balance in Earnings and Profits is $300,000. Current E&P for the year ended September 30, 2022 was $0.

Hawaiian Memories, Inc.

Book and Tax Income Statement

for the 12 months ending September 30, 2022

Revenue:

Sales

$1,650,000

Interest Income

10,000

Total Gross Income

$1,660,000

Expenses/Deductions

Cost of Goods Sold

$1,094,000

Salaries, Angie & Bob

$300,000

Salaries, other

200,000

500,000

Employment taxes

50,000

Rent expenses

36,000

Depreciation

40,000

Employee health care

$85,000

Contribution to employee retirement plans

45,000

130,000

Other operating expenses

55,000

Total Expenses

1,905,000

Net Income/(Loss)

($245,000)

Hawaiian Memories Inc

Plantation Sugar Partnership

500 non-voting common

Bob

50%

Katie

50%

Angie

1,000 voting common

100 preferred

Bob

1,000 voting common

100 preferred

Carl, Donna

100 non-voting common each

Ernie, Frank, Gertie, Hannah, Inge, Jerry

50 non-voting common each

Page 1 of 6

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Tax Research Memorandum

To: File

From: Your Name

Date: Enter Date

Re: Client name and Tax Year.

Facts

Paraphrase the relevant facts. Remember that this is going to the client’s file and be reviewed and used by someone unfamiliar with the case.

Issue & Conclusion #1

Issue: State the most important issue in the form of a question?

Conclusion: Answer to the question above in one to two sentences.

Analysis 1

Explain here how you came to the conclusion above, relate back to the case and be sure to cite primary authority. Explain how that primary authority relates to the facts of this case. For example if you find a court case where the court findings are helpful to your argument explain how the facts in that case are similar to the facts of the client. This should be at least a paragraph or two in length for each source. At least one primary source per issue, all citations included in the memo can be either footnoted or inline. Inline citation example: “Pursuant to IRC §123 income earned by a taxpayer which is not related to blah blah blah would be taxable.” Repeat the same process for each issue.

Issue & Conclusion #2

Issue:

Conclusion:

Analysis 2

Issue & Conclusion #3

Issue:

Conclusion:

Analysis 3

Issue & Conclusion #4

Issue:

Conclusion:

Analysis 4

Issue & Conclusion #5

Issue:

Conclusion:

Analysis 5

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