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Trueg/gFalsegQuestions
1. Corporationsgaregrequiredgtogfilegagtaxgreturngannuallygregardlessgofgtheirgtaxablegincome.
True False
2. Thegtaxgreturngfilinggrequirementsgforgindividualgtaxpayersgonlygdependgongthegtaxpayer'sgfiling
gstatus.
True False
3. Ifgagtaxpayergisgduegagrefund,gshegdoesgnotghavegtogfilegagtaxgreturn.
True False
4. IfgAprilg15thg fallsgongagSaturday,gthegduegdategforgindividualgtaxgreturnsgwillgbegongMonday,gApril
g17th.
True False
5. Ifgangindividualgtaxpayergisgunablegtogfilegagtaxgreturngbygitsgoriginalgduegdate,gthegtaxpayergcan
grequestgangautomaticg9-monthgextensiongtogfilegthegreturn.
True False
6. Angextensiongtogfilegagtaxgreturngdoesgnotgextendgthegduegdategforgtaxgpayments.
True False
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7. ThegstatutegofglimitationsgforgIRSgassessmentggenerallygendsgfourgyearsgaftergthegdategagtaxgreturn
gisgfiled.
True False
8. Forgfraudulentgtaxgreturns,gthegstatutegofglimitationsgforgIRSgassessmentgisgtengyears.
True False
9. ThegIRSgDIFgsystemgchecksgeachgtaxgreturngforgmathematicalgmistakesgandgerrors.
True False
10. Joelgreportedgaghighgamountgofgcharitablegcontributionsgasgagdeductiongonghisgindividualgtaxgreturn
grelativegtogtaxpayersgwithgsimilargincomeglevels.gTheginformationgmatchinggprogramgisgthegIRSgpr
ogramgmostglikelygtogidentifygJoel'sgtaxgreturngforgaudit.
True False
11. OfficegexaminationsgaregthegmostgcommongtypegofgIRSgaudit.
True False
12. ThegthreegbasicgtypesgofgIRSgexaminationsgaregcomputergexams,gofficegexams,gandgbusiness
gexams.
True False
13. Theg"30-
day"gletterggivesgthegtaxpayergthegopportunitygtogrequestgangappealsgconferencegorgagreegtogagpro
posedgIRSgadjustmentgongthegtaxpayer'sgincomegtaxgreturn.
True False
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14. Theg"90-
day"gletterggivesgthegtaxpayergthegopportunitygtogpaygagproposedgIRSgtaxgadjustmentgorgfilegagpe
titiongingthegU.S.gDistrictgCourtgtogcontestgthegadjustmentgandgheargthegcase.
True False
15. Ifgagtaxpayerghasglittlegcashgandgagverygtechnicalgtaxgcasegthatgshegfeelsgverygstronglygthatgthegtax
grulesgareg"onghergside,"gshegshouldgprefergtoghaveghergcasegtriedgingthegU.S.gTaxgCourt.
True False
16. Ingresearchinggagtaxgissue,gEricgfindsgthatgthegU.S.gCircuitgCourtgofgAppealsgforgthegFederalgCircuit
gpreviouslyghasgruledgingfavorgofghisgtaxgposition,gwhereasgtheg11thg Circuitg(Eric'sgcircuit)gpreviousl
yghasgruledgagainstghisgtaxgposition.gIfgEricgisgcontemplatingglitigatingghisgtaxgpositiongwithgthegIRS
,ghegshouldgprefergtoghaveghisgcasegfirstgtriedgbygthegU.S.gTaxgCourt.
True False
17. IfgagtaxpayerglosesgagcasegatgthegCircuitgCourtglevel,ghegisggrantedgangautomaticgappealghearing
gwithgthegSupremegCourt.
True False
18. Secondarygauthoritiesgaregofficialgsourcesgofgthegtaxglawgwithgaglesserg"weight"gthangprimary
gauthorities.
True False
19. Revenuegrulingsgandgrevenuegproceduresgaregexamplesgofgprimarygauthorities.
True False
20. ThegInternalgRevenuegCodegandgtaxgtreatiesgaregexamplesgofgstatutorygauthorities.
True False
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