Taxable income.
15. When stock is sold after the date of declaration but before the record date, the buyer must recognize as income the dividend declared.
16. The tax concept and economic concept of income are in agreement on which of the following:
a. The fair rental value of an owner-occupied home should be included in income.
b. Rent income for 2019 collected in 2018 is income for 2018.
c. All of these.
17. The annual increase in the cash surrender value of a life insurance policy:
a. Is taxed when the individual dies and the heirs collect the insurance proceeds.
b. Must be included in gross income each year under the original issue discount rules.
c. Reduces the deduction for life insurance expense.
d. None of these.
18. The annual increase in the cash surrender value of a life insurance policy:
a. Is taxed according to the original issue discount rules.
b. Is not included in gross income because the policy must be surrendered to receive the cash surrender value.
c. Reduces the deduction for life insurance expense.
d. None of these.
19. For a person who is in the 35% marginal tax bracket, $1,000 of tax-exempt income is equivalent to $1,350 of income that is subject to tax.
20. If a scholarship does not satisfy the requirements for a gift, the scholarship must be included in gross income.
21. Betty received a graduate teaching assistantship that was awarded on the basis of academic achievement. The payments must be included in her gross income.
22. Workers' compensation benefits are included in gross income if the employer also pays the employee while the employee is recovering from his or her injury.