Reference no: EM13805851
Question 1:
Hilary is a well-known mountain climber. The Daily Terror newspaper offers her $10,000 for her life story, if she will write it. Without the assistance of a ghost writer, she writes a story and assigns all her right, title and interest in the copyright for $10,000 to the Daily Terror. The story is published and she is paid. She has never written a story before. She also sells the manuscript to the Mitchell Library for $5,000 and several photographs that she took while mountain climbing for which she receives $2,000.
Requirement:
Discuss whether or not the three payments are income from personal exertion. Would your answer differ if she wrote the story for her own satisfaction and only decided to sell it later?
Question 2:
Your client is a parent who lent $40,000 to her son to provide a short-term housing loan. The agreement is that the son will repay $50,000 at the end of five years.
Reconsider this question in light of the following facts. The loan was made to the son without any formal agreement and without any security provided for the sum lent. In addition, the client (the mother) has informed you that she told her son that he need not pay interest. However, the son repaid the full amount after two years and included in his payment an additional amount which was equal to 5% pa on the amount borrowed. Only one cheque was presented for the total amount.
Requirement:
Discuss the effect on the assessable income of the parent.
Question 3:
Scott is an accountant who purchased a vacant block of land in Brisbane on 1 October 1980. On 1 September 1986, Scott built a house on the land. At the time, the land was valued at $90,000 and the cost of construction was $60,000. The property has been rented out since construction was completed. On 1 March of the current tax year, Scott sold the property at auction for $800,000.
Requirement:
a) Based on the information above, determine Scott's net capital gain or net capital loss for the year ended 30 June of the current tax year.
b) How would your answer to (a) differ if Scott sold the property to his daughter for $200,000?
c) How would your answer to (a) differ if the owner of the property was a company instead of an individual?
|
Suspected of having a hazardous chemical spill
: How do we assess the situation prior to entering a plant suspected of having a hazardous chemical spill? What are some of the safeguards used by both first responders and those responsible for the recovery phase of response?
|
|
Write menu driven program that make coffee shop operational
: Jason has opened a coffee shop at the beach and sells coffee in three sizes: small (9oz) medium (12oz) and large (15oz). Small cost is $1.75 medium costs $1.90 and large costs $2.00. Write a menu driven program that will make the coffee shop opera..
|
|
Marie sat quietly in the back of the class feeling relaxed
: Marie sat quietly in the back of the class feeling relaxed, even though this was her first college class. "Here goes; this is the beginning of my future," she excitedly thought. As the teacher walked to the front of the room, Marie suddenly felt dizz..
|
|
NPV under most optimistic projection of annual savings
: If a better motor fluid is used, the capital cost will increase by 350, but fluid losses will be reduced through the 30 year life of the project. The optimistic, most likely, and pessimistic projections are 35, 30 and 23. All estimates are inflation ..
|
|
Discuss the effect on the assessable income of the parent
: Discuss whether or not the three payments are income from personal exertion. Would your answer differ if she wrote the story for her own satisfaction and only decided to sell it later?
|
|
Why is the business location important
: Why is the business location important? Explain why Forecasting and Capacity Planning are essential in all businesses.
|
|
Guiding a firms strategic management process
: Which of the following objectives is NOT helpful in guiding a firm’s strategic management process? Why? Explain thoroughly why each statement is or is not an objective.
|
|
Net cash provided by operating activities and net income
: Comment on the difference between net cash provided by operating activities and net income. Speculate on which number is likely to be the better indicator of long-term profitability.
|
|
Free cash flows-determined that the EV-EBITDA for the firm
: Next year free cash flows for the AA company is expected to be $10 million. It is expected to grow for the following two years at 10% and then for 9% for the following year. You have determined that the EV/EBITDA for the firm in year 5 is expected to..
|