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Robert answered on
Dec 26 2021
NAME: _______________________
STATE AND LOCAL TAXATION ASSIGNMENT
Instructions: Please refer to my blackboard post for instructions. Good luck!
1. All eligible corporations that want to be taxed as s-corporations in New York are required to make the
s-corporation election on Form CT-6. _____True______
2. A NY domestic corporation will be subject to the NY franchise tax if it maintains an office in NY.
_____True______
3. Income, loss and deductions received by C-corporation flows through to its shareholders on an annual
asis. _______False_______
4. A NY domestic corporation which satisfies the requirements of PL 86- 272, will not be subject to NY
income tax. ______True______
5. Under PL 86-272, an out-of-state seller is not considered engaged in business within a state if sales or
solicitation in that State are made on behalf of seller by independent contractor or the independent
contractor maintains an office in the state through which the independent contractor sells and solicits
orders for out-of-state sellers. _____True_____
6. To establish nexus, and thus subject Foreign corporations to income tax, NY needs to show that the
activities of the corporation and the imposition of the income tax satisfies both the due process clause
and the equal protection clause of the US constitution. _____True_____
7. New York imposes a corporate franchise tax on all domestic corporations which are incorporated in
the state and on foreign corporations for (1) “doing business”, (2) employing capital in NY, (3) owning or
leasing property in NY, (4) maintaining an office in NY or (5), satisfies the economic nexus requirement.
_____True_____
8. Rents, royalties, interest, dividends, and charitable contributions are all examples of separately stated
items of income and deductions. ____True_____
9. The worldwide income from a foreign corporation that solely owns a warehouse in New York, but
does no business in New York, is subject to New York franchise tax. _____False_____
10. The NY corporation franchise tax is computed using the business income base. ____False____
11. An S-corporation shareholder has a $15,000 basis in his S-corporation stock. The shareholder
eceives a $20,000 flow through trade or business loss. The shareholder can deduct the entire $20,000
loss on his income tax return. ____False____
12. Under the check-the-box regulations, a business can elect to be taxed as an LLC for federal income
tax purposes. _____False_____
13. ABC Corporation, an ongoing business taxed as a C-corporation, wants to be taxed as an s-
corporation. The c-corporation makes the s corporation election on June 30, 2013. The corporation will
e taxed as a C-corporation for the entire 2013 tax year. ____False____
14. A New York State corporation uses an independent contractor to make sales to its New York
customers. By using an independent contractor, the corporation shields itself from franchise tax nexus.
____False____
15. ABC Corporation and 123 Corporation are organized in New Jersey. Both corporations are owned by
the same shareholder. Both corporations have New York City receipts in excess of $1,000,000....