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Ling and Jiang are unrelated and equal joint tenants in a plot of land. Ling died this year. Ling’s share of the land goes to:

Which, if any, of the following statements does NOT correctly reflect the rules applicable to the alternate valuation date?

In which, if any, of the following independent situations can the alternate valuation date be elected? (A) Value of gross estate Date of death = $6,000,000 Alternate date = $6,100,000 Estate tax result Date of death = $400,000 Alternate date = $390,000 (B) Value of gross estate Date of death = $6,200,000 Alternate date = $6,300,000 Estate tax result Date of death = $500,000 Alternate date = $490,000 (C) Value of gross estate Date of death = $6,100,000 Alternate date = $6,000,000 Estate tax result Date of death = $390,000 Alternate date = $380,000 (D) Value of gross estate Date of death = $5,900,000 Alternate date = $5,800,000 Estate tax result Date of death = $400,000 Alternate date = $405,000

The Federal transfer taxes are applied in a manner that is:

Which of the following is not true about the distributable net income (DNI) of a fiduciary taxpayer?

The Code defines a complex trust as which of the following?

In which, if any, of the following independent situations can the alternate valuation date be elected? (A) Value of gross estate Date of death = $6,000,000 Alternate date = $6,100,000 Estate tax result Date of death = $400,000 Alternate date = $390,000 (B) Value of gross estate Date of death = $6,200,000 Alternate date = $6,300,000 Estate tax result Date of death = $500,000 Alternate date = $490,000 (C) Value of gross estate Date of death = $6,100,000 Alternate date = $6,000,000 Estate tax result Date of death = $390,000 Alternate date = $380,000 (D) Value of gross estate Date of death = $5,900,000 Alternate date = $5,800,000 Estate tax result Date of death = $400,000 Alternate date = $405,000

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The management of Birkley Corporation is considering dropping product L07E. Data from the company’s budget for the upcoming year appear below: Sales $ 930,000 Variable expenses $ 378,000 Fixed manufacturing expenses $ 360,000 Fixed selling and administrative expenses $ 240,000 In the company’s accounting system all fixed expenses of the company are fully allocated to products. Further investigation has revealed that $213,000 of the fixed manufacturing expenses and $174,000 of the fixed selling and administrative expenses are avoidable if product L07E is discontinued. The financial advantage (disadvantage) for the company of eliminating this product for the upcoming year would be: 

The Menagerie Corporation has two products, QI and VH, that emerge from a joint process. Product QI has been allocated $26,300 of the total joint costs of $47,000. A total of 2,100 units of product QI are produced from the joint process. Product QI can be sold at the split-off point for $10 per unit, or it can be processed further for an additional total cost of $10,100 and then sold for $12 per unit. If product QI is processed further and sold, what would be the financial advantage (disadvantage) for the company compared with sale in its unprocessed form directly after the split-off point?