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Assume that you are a staff accountant working in the tax department of a Big 4 accounting firm. The
senior accountant in your firm approaches you with a tax issue asking you to do some tax research.
Prepare a detailed Tax Memorandum analyzing a specific tax scenario using Primary Federal Tax
Law sources only. Please write a tax memo to the senior accountant for one of the two research
problems below:
Research Problem 1 on page 5-41 (Murray whistleblower) (Problem will be highlighted and attached in additional materials).

Writing Requirements:
 Tax memos are short – no need to include separate headings. Please refer to Figure 2.6 and 2.7
in chapter 2 for examples of tax file memorandum.
 The memo should be at least 1 page but no more than 2 pages (single-spaced).
 Your memo should include separate paragraphs with a discussion about the relevant facts and
tax issues, citation of relevant code sections, one court case, and your conclusion.
 Provide clear and logical arguments for your conclusion. Your arguments will be supported by
the relevant IRC and the court case.
 Be sure to read the relevant chapter before completing the assignment. The textbook chapter
cites relevant code sections that you may want to look up and mention in your tax memo.
O Find one court case with similar circumstances and discuss the case briefly in your
memo to support your conclusion. Explain how the court case is similar to the relevant
facts of your client (i.e., the court case needs to discuss the same tax issue as your
clients’). The court case you find has to involve the IRS, the Commissioner, United
States as one of the parties. The case has to involve a tax issue.
 Clearly answer the question in the problem.
 No need to include Reference page. You need to include the citation of the primary tax law
source within the memo.
Tax research involves the following procedures:
1. Identify the tax issue
2. Discuss relevant facts and transactions
3. Identify appropriate tax law sources – cite primary sources only; include a court case examining
similar tax research question
4. Provide your conclusions and support your analysis with clear and logical arguments
5. Discuss any assumptions made in arriving at the solution
Tax Research Resources:
• Recommended: CSUSM Kellogg Library has RIA Checkpoint database. Your books also come
with instructions and an access code to RIA Checkpoint. RIA is used by many public
accounting firms.

Other web sites that may be useful are:
• Cornell University Law School web site has the IRC:
www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/26/subtitle-A/chapter-1
• IRS web site: www.irs.gov
• Court opinions: www.law.justia.com
Expectations
• You will be graded on the thoughtfulness of your discussion as well as on the writing quality.
• You will be graded on the persuasiveness of your arguments and whether your arguments are
well-supported by a tax court case and IRC.
• Proofread your paper for spelling and grammatical errors, and also check whether the paper
reads well. Consult a dictionary and/or a style manual for spelling and grammar problems.
• Avoid one-sentence paragraphs. By definition, a paragraph is a group of sentences constructed
around a central topic.
• Avoid contractions. Business reports (tax memos) should not use contractions. For example,
use “should not” instead of “shouldn’t.”
• Try to use the active voice rather than the passive voice. For example, instead of writing “This
case was decided by the Tax Court”, write, “The Tax Court decided this case.” Papers written
in the active voice read easier, and using the active voice also conserves words.
• Nouns and their modifying pronouns must agree. An example of incorrect grammar: “The
Supreme Court ruled in favor of the government. They rejected the argument of the taxpayer.”
“Court” is a singular noun while “they” is a plural pronoun.
 Timeline Project:

 Review the NSPE Code of Ethics for Engineers and write a general description of the Code arrangement. Describe the sections and your ideas on the differences between them.
Read and Analyze your assigned scenario found in the Homework 12 Folder – Case Study Details.
Prepare the following descriptions and notes to share with peers and the class.
Description – summarize the details of the situation and the key ethical concerns.
List 3-5 specific code elements you feel are in question. This may mean that the code is violated or satisfied by the individual in question.
Include your reasoning for the selection.
Follow the link at the bottom of the page to the Original Case and BER Judgment. Read and Compare to your ideas.
Prepare the following:
A description of the differences between the original case and the one presented to you.
A comparison of the Codes that were emphasized by the BER in their judgment.
Explain your understanding of any differences between the BER and your ideas.

This assignment requires that you visit at least three brick-and-mortar retail stores Ralph Lauren. Select a set of stores that sell the same general product category. (Note that websites do not qualify; they must be physical facilities that you can visit.) Visit each of three at any point in the semester. Shop them through the eyes of a retail store merchandise buyer, as though you are responsible for the overall look of each store and how it supports the store’s branding and market position. Introduction
Provide an introductory paragraph stating the product category that is the focus of your analysis. Also state the date(s) and time(s) you visited each retail store.
Target Market
Discuss the lifestyle, age range and gender of the target customer for each store. (This should be the primary or main target market, and should not include all potential customers.) Also summarize the brand image or market position for each.
Point of Purchase Signage, Visuals, Store Experience
Describe each of the following aspects of the marketing for each store separately:
Merchandising/Merchandise Presentation
• Signage inside and outside the store,
• featured products (often those displayed prominently upon entering)
• in-store displays
• general colors, fabrics, or styles displayed
• in-store graphics
• background sounds/music
•Employees/Sales Associates
• Attire
• Level of interaction with customers
Overall Brand/Message
Summarize the “overall message” or “story” each store communicates to customers through its merchandising and employees. Describe how this corresponds to the store’s brand image or market position.
Store Comparisons and Critiques
Describe how each store markets to its customer through its overall store experience.Identify which store was the most appealing to you, personally, providing justification. Justify your position in terms of strength of messages, consistency of presentation, impact of merchandise, ease of shopping experience, and responsiveness of sales associates.
Personal Insights
What insights did you have as a result of this exercise, or what did you learn from it?
One store i visited was in South Carolina Charleston Ralph Lauren. It consisted of 95% of african American employes. All had to wear Ralph Lauren clothing as their outfit, no music in the store. They had props such as mechanic dolls, horse saddles, polo sticks and retail clothing for summer was the majority and sales were on the winter clothing. Employes were friendly and willing to help it was one of the biggest stores i have visited out of the three.
The other store was in New york Manhattan. It had african American and white employes. All had to wear Ralph Lauren clothing as their outfit, no music in the store. Their props were the best they had a actually fake horse in the store with and mechanic doll on it playing polo. They also had the owners picture in the store at different events. Very helpful, kind and willing to assist in anyway possible. It was spring clothing as the majority sales through out the store with winter clothing on sale. This was the second biggest store i visited.
The last store was in Maine Freeport Ralph Lauren. Only one african American employe the rest were white. All had to wear Ralph Lauren clothing as their outfit, no music in the store. Few props had some polo sticks at most consisted more of mechanic dolls. Employes were helpful, willing to asset in any way possible. It was spring clothing as the majority sales through out the store with winter clothing on sale.
Each store had few different items that the other store did not. They had the same marketing plan such as email, or paper mail to advertise if you give them their information. My favorite store was the one in New York, second in South Carolina and third would be in Maine.

 Find an existing set of product manual instructions–either a hard copy or a downloaded document. The important thing is that it should be an actual existing document–you are NOT writing a set of instructions. The document should not be a page or less like how to make a bowtie, or how to fold a paper airplane, but not more than five pages–nothing overly complex.
Next, read and critically evaluate the document using the following criteria:
1) Completeness of information
2) Graphic layout and display of information, visuals, headings, etc.
3) Clarity of language and writing style
4) Cultural or legal factors that might cause confusion or misuse.
Please submit your evaluation on 1-2 pages, plus the instructions.
( The second Part)
This task is a bit more challenging and relies on knowledge of the nature and purpose of a feasibility study/report. Please refer to the section in the textbook, or go online to read material about feasibility.
Simply, feasibility answers the question: will doing something work? Is it practical? Realistic? Often the answer comes down to three things: money and cost effectiveness, time, and labor. An idea might sound great on paper but be impractical.
Your task is to think about the company you created, about an action you want to undertake–product revision, product development, market growth, a new service, facility expansion, etc.
Write a 1-2-page feasibility memo to your boss as someone who appropriately would take this action, for instance, a sales manager, a company vice president, a marketing executive, etc. Use proper memo format to explain to the boss why this is a good idea. Address the following criteria:
1) Business background–a reminder of what products and services you offer, locations, etc.
2) Marketing feasibility–do you want to put anyone out of business or expand market niche.
3) Financial feasibility–do you have the resources to undertake the project, or is a loan needed, will you be at risk.
4) Technical feasibility–are new facilities needed, expansion, new equipment and machinery.
5) Organizational feasibility–is a new layer of management needed, new specialized personnel, new identity and role for the company.

Project 3- Resumes/Cover Letters.
Task: For this assignment, you will compose several different types of resumes including:
1. Chronological- no more than 1 page
2. Functional- 1-2 pages
3. E-mail resume/ Cover letter- 1 page

critical evaluation on that research through an annotated bibliography. An annotated bibliography is a brief summary and analysis of the journal article reviewed. For more information on annotated bibliographies please visit Purdue’s OWL: https://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/614/01/
A total of 2 annotated bibliographies are to be submitted (not to exceed one page each). The articles must come from nursing scholarly literature and may not be older than 5 years since publication. Please note that the articles must be research based and reflect a qualitative methodology (review our reading assignments). Web pages, magazines, textbooks, and other books are not acceptable.
Each annotation must address the following critical elements:

•Explanation of the main purpose and scope of the cited work

•Brief description of the research conducted

•Value and significance of the work (e.g., study’s findings, scope of the research project) as a contribution to the subject under consideration

•Possible shortcomings or bias in the work

•Conclusions or observations reached by the author

•Summary as to why this research lends evidence to support the potential problem identified specific to your role specialization.

Adrian and JUDY came to therapy with their adult daughter, who has some significant developmental difficulties. There’s a clear triangle between the mother, father, and the adult daughter. The father is closer to daughter than mother and mother resents that because she does not have same relationship with daughter. None of them knew why father is closer to daughter than mother. The family came to family therapy because of the many problems like communication problem, they are having with their daughter and also because of concerns they have about their daughter� not having any life style (daughter is 32 years old, works part time, no boyfriend or friends and stays at home all the time).
Based on the three theories
Define the problem.

?Formulate a treatment plan including short- and long-term goals.

?Describe two theory-based interventions you would use on each of the theories (Bowenian, structural and CBT) and justify your selection.

?Explain one anticipated outcome of each intervention on each theory.

For this essay tell us about a sports governing body (National Federation of State High School Associations (NFHS)). This is your opportunity to examine the governing body that deals with a program at the level that you work or

would like to work.

If you are a junior college coach, for example, take a look at the National Junior College Athletic Association. Your post should be

concise but answer key questions about organizational structure, decision-making processes, voting members, membership requirements,location, how long the organization has functioned, etc. You should also provide thoughts on just how effective the governing body is, or any changes you think should take place.

Your task for this assessment is to write a report, which explains how the below data is normalised and to write the Oracle SQL code to implement the normalised design

W3 Assignment 1: Discussion Assignment

Your answers should:
• Answer all parts of the question thoroughly and accurately in at least two fully developed paragraphs for each topic.
• Provide detailed evidence in the form of quotations from the text. Follow APA guidelines for citing and referencing the text.
• Demonstrate a clear understanding of the time period, topic, or genre that is this week’s focus.
Discussion Question

Society and Its Discontents
How does “Regret” by Guy de Maupassant represent middle-class values and behaviors? When you answer this question, be sure to consider why M. Savel keeps his love for Madame Sandres a secret and what, in the end, enables him to reveal his interest in Madame Sandres. How would you describe his reaction to her answer? Do you feel sympathetic to M. Savel at the ending of the story?