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Chapter 1 s
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INSTRUCTOR’S MANUAL s
Learning Objectives s
1-1.s Demonstrateshowstaxessinfluencesbasicsbusiness,sinvestment,spersonal,sandspoliticalsdecisions.s1-
2.s Discussswhatsconstitutessastaxsandsthesgeneralsobjectivessofstaxation.
1-3.s Describesthesdifferentstaxsratesstructuressandscalculatesastax.s1-
4.s Identifysthesvarioussfederal,sstate,sandslocalstaxes.
1-5.s s Applysappropriatescriteriastosevaluatesalternatestaxssystems.
Teaching Suggestions s
Thisschaptersprovidessansoverviewsofswhystaxessaresimportant,swhatsastaxsis,showstoscalculatesastax,svariousst
axsratessandstaxsratesstructures,sdifferentstypessofsfederal,sstate,sandslocalstaxes,sandshowstosevaluatesastaxssys
tem.sOnesintentsofstheschaptersisstosgetsstudentssthinkingsaboutsthespervasivesinfluencesofstaxessandsthusswhys
itsissimportantsforsasbusinesssorsaccountingsstudentstosunderstandstaxes.sDiscussingshowstaxessaffectsdecision
ssthatstheyswillsfaces(buyingsashouse,sinvestingsforsretirement,setc.)sissanseffectiveswaystospiquesstudents’sinte
rest.
Thisschaptersalsosprovidessansopportunitystosmotivatesstudentssbysdiscussingsthespoliticalsimportancesofstaxe
ssandsthesdebatesoversalternativestaxssystems.sThroughoutsmostsofstheschapter,syouscanstiesthesmaterialsdiscuss
edsbackstosthesdebatesoversalternativestaxssystems.sThississeasilysdonesinsthessectionsonsevaluatingsalternatives
taxssystemssandsalternativestaxsratesstructuressbutsmaysalsosbesdonesforsotherspartssofsthestext.sForsexample,sw
hensdiscussingshowstoscalculatesastax,syouscanspointsoutsthatsoncesthestaxsbasesisscomputed,sitsissveryseasystosc
alculatesvirtuallysanystax.sThesdifficultysissinsdeterminingsthestaxsbase.sThesimplicationsofsthissunderstandings
issthatsthestaxsratesstructures(e.g.,sprogressivesversussproportional)shasslittleseffectsonstaxscomplexity.
Insteachingsthisschapter,sthestimesthatsyousspendsinsclassswillsvarysbasedsonshowsmuchsdiscussionsthatsyouswa
ntstosincorporatesregardingsevaluatingstaxssystemssandsimplicitstaxes.sMostsofsthesconceptssinsthisschaptersares
relativelysstraightforward,sandsthus,stheschaptersprovidessstudentsswithsansintroductionstostaxswithoutsoverwh
elmingsthemsonsthesfirstsdaysorssosofsclass.sThississparticularlysimportantsifsyoursstudentsshavessomestrepidati
onsregardingstheirsfirststaxscourse.
Implicitstaxsisstypicallysasdifficultsconceptsforsstudentsstosunderstand.sThestextsprovidessasgoodsoverviewsofs
implicitstax.sIfsyousplanstoscoversimplicitstaxsinssomesdetail,syousmightsalertsstudentssthatsthississasdifficultsc
onceptsandsthatstheysshouldsbescarefulstosgetsfamiliarswithsthissdiscussionsinsthestextspriorstosclass.
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LearningsObjectives TextsFeatures
Research
Planning
Forms
LO1
LO2
LO3
LO4
LO5
Difficulty
DQ1-1 5smin. Easy X
DQ1-2 5smin. Easy X
DQ1-3 5smin. Easy X
DQ1-4 5smin. Easy X
DQ1-5 5smin. Medium X
DQ1-6 5smin. Medium X
DQ1-7 5smin. Medium X
DQ1-8 10smin. Medium X
DQ1-9 5smin. Medium X
DQ1-10 10smin. Medium X
DQ1-11 15smin. Medium X
DQ1-12 5smin. Medium X
DQ1-13 15smin. Medium X
DQ1-14 10smin. Medium X
DQ1-15 5smin. Easy X
DQ1-16 15smin. Medium X
DQ1-17 5smin. Easy X
DQ1-18 5smin. Easy X
DQ1-19 10smin. Medium X
DQ1-20 10smin. Medium X
DQ1-21 10smin. Easy X
DQ1-22 10smin. Easy X
DQ1-23 15smin. Medium X
DQ1-24 15smin. Medium X
DQ1-25 15smin. Medium X
DQ1-26 15smin. Medium X
DQ1-27 15smin. Medium X
DQ1-28 15smin. Medium X
DQ1-29 15smin. Medium X X
DQ1-30 20smin. Medium X X
DQ1-31 15smin. Medium X X
DQ1-32 15smin. Medium X
DQ1-33 15smin. Medium X
P1-34 20smin. Medium X
P1-35 20smin. Medium X
P1-36 20smin. Medium X
P1-37 20smin. Medium X
P1-38 20smin. Medium X
P1-39 20smin. Medium X
P1-40 20smin. Medium X
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P1-41 20smin. Medium X
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P1-43 15smin. Medium X X X
P1-44 15smin. Medium X X X
P1-45 15smin. Medium X X X
P1-46 15smin. Medium X X X
P1-47 20smin. Hard X
P1-48 20smin. Hard X
P1-49 20smin. Hard X X
P1-50 20smin. Hard X X
P1-51 20smin. Hard X
P1-52 20smin. Hard X
P1-53 20smin. Hard X
P1-54 20smin. Hard X
P1-55 20smin. Hard X
P1-56 20smin. Hard X
P1-57 25smin. Hard X X X
P1-58 25smin. Hard X X X
P1-59 25smin. Medium X X
P1-60 25smin. Medium X X
Lecture Notes s
1) WhosCaressAboutsTaxessandsWhy?
a) Businesses
b) Politicians
c) Individuals
2) WhatsQualifiessassasTax?
a) Definitionsofsastax
i) Keyscomponentssofsdefinition:spaymentsissrequired,simposedsbysasgovernmentsagency,sandsn
otsdirectlystiedstosanysbenefitsreceivedsbysthestaxpayersfromsthesgovernment
b) Earmarkedstax—definitionsandswhysthississconsideredsastax
c) QuizsstudentssonstaxsdefinitionsusingsexamplessinsthesPowerPointsslides.
3) HowstosCalculatesasTax
a) Taxs=sTaxsBases×sTaxsRate
i) TaxsBase—whatsissactuallystaxed,susuallysexpressedsinsmonetarysterms
ii) TaxsRate—levelsofstaxessimposedsonsthestaxsbase,susuallysexpressedsassaspercentage
iii) Flatstaxes
iv) Graduatedstaxes
v) Brackets
b) Differentswaysstosmeasurestaxsrates
i) Marginalstaxsrate
(1) Definition—
taxsratesthatsappliesstosthesnextsadditionalsincrementsofsastaxpayer’sstaxablesincomes(orsded
uctions)
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s s s s s s s s
ion 14th Edition Spilker
s s s
Instructor’ssManuals–sMcGraw-Hill’ssTaxation,sbysSpilkersetsal.
Chapter 1 s
s An Introduction to Tax
s s s
INSTRUCTOR’S MANUAL s
Learning Objectives s
1-1.s Demonstrateshowstaxessinfluencesbasicsbusiness,sinvestment,spersonal,sandspoliticalsdecisions.s1-
2.s Discussswhatsconstitutessastaxsandsthesgeneralsobjectivessofstaxation.
1-3.s Describesthesdifferentstaxsratesstructuressandscalculatesastax.s1-
4.s Identifysthesvarioussfederal,sstate,sandslocalstaxes.
1-5.s s Applysappropriatescriteriastosevaluatesalternatestaxssystems.
Teaching Suggestions s
Thisschaptersprovidessansoverviewsofswhystaxessaresimportant,swhatsastaxsis,showstoscalculatesastax,svariousst
axsratessandstaxsratesstructures,sdifferentstypessofsfederal,sstate,sandslocalstaxes,sandshowstosevaluatesastaxssys
tem.sOnesintentsofstheschaptersisstosgetsstudentssthinkingsaboutsthespervasivesinfluencesofstaxessandsthusswhys
itsissimportantsforsasbusinesssorsaccountingsstudentstosunderstandstaxes.sDiscussingshowstaxessaffectsdecision
ssthatstheyswillsfaces(buyingsashouse,sinvestingsforsretirement,setc.)sissanseffectiveswaystospiquesstudents’sinte
rest.
Thisschaptersalsosprovidessansopportunitystosmotivatesstudentssbysdiscussingsthespoliticalsimportancesofstaxe
ssandsthesdebatesoversalternativestaxssystems.sThroughoutsmostsofstheschapter,syouscanstiesthesmaterialsdiscuss
edsbackstosthesdebatesoversalternativestaxssystems.sThississeasilysdonesinsthessectionsonsevaluatingsalternatives
taxssystemssandsalternativestaxsratesstructuressbutsmaysalsosbesdonesforsotherspartssofsthestext.sForsexample,sw
hensdiscussingshowstoscalculatesastax,syouscanspointsoutsthatsoncesthestaxsbasesisscomputed,sitsissveryseasystosc
alculatesvirtuallysanystax.sThesdifficultysissinsdeterminingsthestaxsbase.sThesimplicationsofsthissunderstandings
issthatsthestaxsratesstructures(e.g.,sprogressivesversussproportional)shasslittleseffectsonstaxscomplexity.
Insteachingsthisschapter,sthestimesthatsyousspendsinsclassswillsvarysbasedsonshowsmuchsdiscussionsthatsyouswa
ntstosincorporatesregardingsevaluatingstaxssystemssandsimplicitstaxes.sMostsofsthesconceptssinsthisschaptersares
relativelysstraightforward,sandsthus,stheschaptersprovidessstudentsswithsansintroductionstostaxswithoutsoverwh
elmingsthemsonsthesfirstsdaysorssosofsclass.sThississparticularlysimportantsifsyoursstudentsshavessomestrepidati
onsregardingstheirsfirststaxscourse.
Implicitstaxsisstypicallysasdifficultsconceptsforsstudentsstosunderstand.sThestextsprovidessasgoodsoverviewsofs
implicitstax.sIfsyousplanstoscoversimplicitstaxsinssomesdetail,syousmightsalertsstudentssthatsthississasdifficultsc
onceptsandsthatstheysshouldsbescarefulstosgetsfamiliarswithsthissdiscussionsinsthestextspriorstosclass.
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Assignment Matrix s
LearningsObjectives TextsFeatures
Research
Planning
Forms
LO1
LO2
LO3
LO4
LO5
Difficulty
DQ1-1 5smin. Easy X
DQ1-2 5smin. Easy X
DQ1-3 5smin. Easy X
DQ1-4 5smin. Easy X
DQ1-5 5smin. Medium X
DQ1-6 5smin. Medium X
DQ1-7 5smin. Medium X
DQ1-8 10smin. Medium X
DQ1-9 5smin. Medium X
DQ1-10 10smin. Medium X
DQ1-11 15smin. Medium X
DQ1-12 5smin. Medium X
DQ1-13 15smin. Medium X
DQ1-14 10smin. Medium X
DQ1-15 5smin. Easy X
DQ1-16 15smin. Medium X
DQ1-17 5smin. Easy X
DQ1-18 5smin. Easy X
DQ1-19 10smin. Medium X
DQ1-20 10smin. Medium X
DQ1-21 10smin. Easy X
DQ1-22 10smin. Easy X
DQ1-23 15smin. Medium X
DQ1-24 15smin. Medium X
DQ1-25 15smin. Medium X
DQ1-26 15smin. Medium X
DQ1-27 15smin. Medium X
DQ1-28 15smin. Medium X
DQ1-29 15smin. Medium X X
DQ1-30 20smin. Medium X X
DQ1-31 15smin. Medium X X
DQ1-32 15smin. Medium X
DQ1-33 15smin. Medium X
P1-34 20smin. Medium X
P1-35 20smin. Medium X
P1-36 20smin. Medium X
P1-37 20smin. Medium X
P1-38 20smin. Medium X
P1-39 20smin. Medium X
P1-40 20smin. Medium X
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P1-43 15smin. Medium X X X
P1-44 15smin. Medium X X X
P1-45 15smin. Medium X X X
P1-46 15smin. Medium X X X
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P1-48 20smin. Hard X
P1-49 20smin. Hard X X
P1-50 20smin. Hard X X
P1-51 20smin. Hard X
P1-52 20smin. Hard X
P1-53 20smin. Hard X
P1-54 20smin. Hard X
P1-55 20smin. Hard X
P1-56 20smin. Hard X
P1-57 25smin. Hard X X X
P1-58 25smin. Hard X X X
P1-59 25smin. Medium X X
P1-60 25smin. Medium X X
Lecture Notes s
1) WhosCaressAboutsTaxessandsWhy?
a) Businesses
b) Politicians
c) Individuals
2) WhatsQualifiessassasTax?
a) Definitionsofsastax
i) Keyscomponentssofsdefinition:spaymentsissrequired,simposedsbysasgovernmentsagency,sandsn
otsdirectlystiedstosanysbenefitsreceivedsbysthestaxpayersfromsthesgovernment
b) Earmarkedstax—definitionsandswhysthississconsideredsastax
c) QuizsstudentssonstaxsdefinitionsusingsexamplessinsthesPowerPointsslides.
3) HowstosCalculatesasTax
a) Taxs=sTaxsBases×sTaxsRate
i) TaxsBase—whatsissactuallystaxed,susuallysexpressedsinsmonetarysterms
ii) TaxsRate—levelsofstaxessimposedsonsthestaxsbase,susuallysexpressedsassaspercentage
iii) Flatstaxes
iv) Graduatedstaxes
v) Brackets
b) Differentswaysstosmeasurestaxsrates
i) Marginalstaxsrate
(1) Definition—
taxsratesthatsappliesstosthesnextsadditionalsincrementsofsastaxpayer’sstaxablesincomes(orsded
uctions)
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