Advanced Business Taxation
Course Description
This course delves into the benefits of tax planning and introduces tax strategies for handling various business decisions. The course will encompass the topics of tax planning and research, tax strategies for new businesses, business operating tax strategies, tax strategies for business growth and expansion, tax implications on business capital transactions, and taxation of property transfers.
Topics and Objectives
Tax Planning and Research
- Explain the role of tax planning in the business environment.
- Analyze the role of ethics in tax planning.
- Conduct tax research.
- Evaluate business decisions in light of tax principles.
Tax Strategies for New Businesses
- Compare and contrast business forms.
- Explain how tax strategies affect business decisions.
- Analyze the tax consequences of alternative compensation arrangements.
- Recommend a tax strategy for a new business.
- Assess risks associated with tax strategies.
Business Operating Tax Strategies
- Compare and contrast book and taxable income computations.
- Analyze the effects of tax incentives on business investment decisions.
- Analyze the tax consequences of passthrough entities.
- Analyze the tax treatments of distributions to owners and entities.
- Compute taxable income and tax liability in a complex business environment.
Tax Strategies for Business Growth and Expansion
- Analyze the tax rules governing affiliated entities.
- Design a tax strategy for business growth.
- Design a tax strategy for international expansion.
Tax Implications of Business Capital Transactions
- Evaluate the tax treatment of business ownership dispositions.
- Analyze tax strategies associated with mergers, acquisitions, and divestitures.
- Determine the tax treatment of liquidations and terminations.
- Compute basis and capital gains and losses in asset purchases and dispositions.
Taxation of Property Transfers
- Analyze federal estate and gift tax rules.
- Compute estate and gift tax liability.
- Explain the role of trusts in tax planning.
