Test Bank for McGraw Hill's
Essentials of Federal Taxation
2025 By Spilker, Ayers, Robinson,
Outslay, Worsham, Barrick,
Weaver (All Chapters 1-17, 100%
Original Verified, A+ Grade)
All Chapters Arranged Reverse:
Chapter 17-1.
This is Original Test Bank
for 2025 Edition, All Other
Test Bank in the Market are
Wrong/Old Questions.
,Chapter 17
Student name:__________
TRUE/FALSE - Write 'T' if the statement is true and 'F' if the statement is false.
1) Corporations taxed as S corporations offer the same legal protection to owners as
corporations taxed as C corporations.
⊚ true
⊚ false
2) The S corporation rules are less complex for S corporations that have earnings and profits
from prior C corporation years than for S corporations that do not have earnings and profits
from prior C corporation years.
⊚ true
⊚ false
3) The same exact requirements for forming and contributing property govern S corporations
and partnerships.
⊚ true
⊚ false
4) S corporations may have no more than 50 shareholders, but members of the same family only
count as one shareholder.
⊚ true
⊚ false
5) Differences in voting powers are permissible across shares of S corporation stock as long as
the shares have identical distribution and liquidation rights.
⊚ true
⊚ false
6) Publicly traded corporations cannot be treated as S corporations.
⊚ true
⊚ false
7) To make an S election effective as of the beginning of the current year, an S corporation must
file IRS Form 2553 within three and a half months after the beginning of the year.
⊚ true
⊚ false
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8) Bobby T (95 percent owner) would like to elect S corporation status for DJ, Incorporated, but
Dallas (5 percent owner) does not want to elect S corporation status. Bobby T cannot elect S
status for DJ, Incorporated, without Dallas's consent.
⊚ true
⊚ false
9) An S corporation election may be voluntarily or involuntarily terminated.
⊚ true
⊚ false
10) An S corporation can make a voluntary revocation of an S election if shareholders holding
more than 25 percent of the S corporation stock (including nonvoting shares) agree.
⊚ true
⊚ false
11) Bobby T (75 percent owner) would like to terminate the S corporation status of DJ,
Incorporated, but Dallas (5 percent owner) does not want to terminate S corporation status.
Bobby T can terminate the S corporation status for DJ, Incorporated, without Dallas's
consent.
⊚ true
⊚ false
12) An S election is terminated if the S corporation has passive investment income in excess of
20 percent of gross receipts for three consecutive years.
⊚ true
⊚ false
13) If an S corporation never operated as a C corporation, it may earn passive investment income
without fear of an involuntary S election termination.
⊚ true
⊚ false
14) If an S corporation shareholder sells their stock to a nonresident alien, it will automatically
terminate the S election.
⊚ true
⊚ false
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15) The specific identification method is a method an S corporation may use to allocate its
income across short tax years that result from an involuntary S election termination.
⊚ true
⊚ false
16) The specific identification method and monthly allocation method are methods an S
corporation may use to allocate its income across short tax years that result from an
involuntary S election termination.
⊚ true
⊚ false
17) After terminating or voluntarily revoking S corporation status, a corporation may elect it
again, but it generally must wait until the beginning of the third tax year after the tax year in
which it terminated the election.
⊚ true
⊚ false
18) Like partnerships, S corporations generally determine their accounting periods and make
accounting method elections at the entity level.
⊚ true
⊚ false
19) S corporations face the same restrictions as partnerships and C corporations on using the cash
method of accounting.
⊚ true
⊚ false
20) An S corporation can use a noncalendar year-end if it can establish a business purpose for an
alternative year-end.
⊚ true
⊚ false
21) SoTired, Incorporated, a C corporation with a June 30 year-end, elects S corporation status
this year. Assuming no special elections, SoTired, Incorporated, will continue to use a June
30 year-end as an S corporation.
⊚ true
⊚ false
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Essentials of Federal Taxation
2025 By Spilker, Ayers, Robinson,
Outslay, Worsham, Barrick,
Weaver (All Chapters 1-17, 100%
Original Verified, A+ Grade)
All Chapters Arranged Reverse:
Chapter 17-1.
This is Original Test Bank
for 2025 Edition, All Other
Test Bank in the Market are
Wrong/Old Questions.
,Chapter 17
Student name:__________
TRUE/FALSE - Write 'T' if the statement is true and 'F' if the statement is false.
1) Corporations taxed as S corporations offer the same legal protection to owners as
corporations taxed as C corporations.
⊚ true
⊚ false
2) The S corporation rules are less complex for S corporations that have earnings and profits
from prior C corporation years than for S corporations that do not have earnings and profits
from prior C corporation years.
⊚ true
⊚ false
3) The same exact requirements for forming and contributing property govern S corporations
and partnerships.
⊚ true
⊚ false
4) S corporations may have no more than 50 shareholders, but members of the same family only
count as one shareholder.
⊚ true
⊚ false
5) Differences in voting powers are permissible across shares of S corporation stock as long as
the shares have identical distribution and liquidation rights.
⊚ true
⊚ false
6) Publicly traded corporations cannot be treated as S corporations.
⊚ true
⊚ false
7) To make an S election effective as of the beginning of the current year, an S corporation must
file IRS Form 2553 within three and a half months after the beginning of the year.
⊚ true
⊚ false
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,Chapter 17
8) Bobby T (95 percent owner) would like to elect S corporation status for DJ, Incorporated, but
Dallas (5 percent owner) does not want to elect S corporation status. Bobby T cannot elect S
status for DJ, Incorporated, without Dallas's consent.
⊚ true
⊚ false
9) An S corporation election may be voluntarily or involuntarily terminated.
⊚ true
⊚ false
10) An S corporation can make a voluntary revocation of an S election if shareholders holding
more than 25 percent of the S corporation stock (including nonvoting shares) agree.
⊚ true
⊚ false
11) Bobby T (75 percent owner) would like to terminate the S corporation status of DJ,
Incorporated, but Dallas (5 percent owner) does not want to terminate S corporation status.
Bobby T can terminate the S corporation status for DJ, Incorporated, without Dallas's
consent.
⊚ true
⊚ false
12) An S election is terminated if the S corporation has passive investment income in excess of
20 percent of gross receipts for three consecutive years.
⊚ true
⊚ false
13) If an S corporation never operated as a C corporation, it may earn passive investment income
without fear of an involuntary S election termination.
⊚ true
⊚ false
14) If an S corporation shareholder sells their stock to a nonresident alien, it will automatically
terminate the S election.
⊚ true
⊚ false
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15) The specific identification method is a method an S corporation may use to allocate its
income across short tax years that result from an involuntary S election termination.
⊚ true
⊚ false
16) The specific identification method and monthly allocation method are methods an S
corporation may use to allocate its income across short tax years that result from an
involuntary S election termination.
⊚ true
⊚ false
17) After terminating or voluntarily revoking S corporation status, a corporation may elect it
again, but it generally must wait until the beginning of the third tax year after the tax year in
which it terminated the election.
⊚ true
⊚ false
18) Like partnerships, S corporations generally determine their accounting periods and make
accounting method elections at the entity level.
⊚ true
⊚ false
19) S corporations face the same restrictions as partnerships and C corporations on using the cash
method of accounting.
⊚ true
⊚ false
20) An S corporation can use a noncalendar year-end if it can establish a business purpose for an
alternative year-end.
⊚ true
⊚ false
21) SoTired, Incorporated, a C corporation with a June 30 year-end, elects S corporation status
this year. Assuming no special elections, SoTired, Incorporated, will continue to use a June
30 year-end as an S corporation.
⊚ true
⊚ false
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