TAX 650Final Project Guidelines and Rubric
Overview
The final project for this course is the creation of a memorandum with appendix(7–10 pages).
As an associate working in a privately held enterprise or working with privately held clients, it is imperative to be able toadvise clients on the tax implications of their financial investments. The ability to model the tax consequences of transactions and do cost benefit analysis is crucial.
For your final project, you will model the role of an associate working in a private consulting firm. You will demonstrate your ability to advise clients on whether they should operate as a sole proprietor,a partnership, an S corporation, or a C corporation. Additionally, using your tax research skills and understanding of federal income taxation, you will have the opportunity to evaluate tax consequences from sales and distributions for their compliance with the Internal Revenue Code and Treasury regulations.
The project is divided into fourmilestones, which will be submitted at various points throughout the course to scaffold learning and ensure quality final submissions. These milestones will be submitted in Modules Three, Five, Seven,and Eight.The final product will be submittedinModule Nine.
In this assignment,you will demonstrate your mastery of the following course outcomes:
Recommend an appropriate business tax entity based on the analysis of a tax situation for achieving favorable economic impact on the client’s taxable income
Utilize appropriate tax forms and schedules that compute taxable income on individual tax returns and reflect versatility of thought, resulting in the best economic solutionfor the individual taxpayer
Apply accrual and cash basis accounting best practices and moral reasoning in determining when business transactions may be reported for income tax purposes
Assess the economic impact on taxable income for the business tax entity in relation to Internal Revenue Code and Treasury regulations and the optimum desired outcomes for the client
Evaluate the tax consequences that result from sales or distributions of property for their compliance with IRS Circular 230,Internal Revenue Code,and the American Institute for Certified Public Accountants and for advising the client
Prompt
You are currently working at a mid-sized certified public accounting firm. Your client is Bob Jones. Bob, age 60 and single, has recently retired from IBM. He has $690,000 available in his 401(k) fund and he is thinking of using that money to open a used car business that will be located at 210 Ocean View Drive in Pensacola, Florida. Bob has estimated that the business might make $300,000 in taxable income.
