Student Question

Course: Income Tax Planning Lesson 3: Accounting of Gross Income Student Question: The first example in “Recognizing Income” about not recognizing the check payment until it can actually be cashed seems contradictory to the CFP Board question below which states that income is included when a check is RECEIVED. Any clarification you can provide here? Thanks. Jay Coursework…

Course: Retirement Planning Lesson 8: Fitting Deferred Compensation into the Retirement Plan Student Question: Curious as to why the net result is $525,000.00 and not $500,000.00. Wouldn’t 100% of her current year compensation be $500,000.00? Is it just that the Board decided to max out the limits of the DBP and the NQEBP so that’s…

Course: Investment Planning Lesson 2: Securities Markets and the Fed Student Question: The coursework states that the SIPC will pay claims up to $500,000, but in Example 2, they only gave Bruce $350,000. Why is that? Thanks. Wesley Example 2 Bruce had $400,000 in cash and $100,000 in securities in his brokerage account. His broker/dealer…

Course: Investment Planning Lesson 4: International Equity Securities Student Question: Is it not true that ADRs eliminate currency risk because transactions are done in USD? Lafe   Instructor Response: Great question Lafe. ADRs do not guarantee exchange rates; they merely exchange foreign currency to US$ as a convenience to ADR investors. Changes in the exchange rate…

Course: Fundamentals of Financial Planning Lesson 2: Economic Concepts and Consumer Protection Laws Student Question: I was really hoping I could get some sort of expanded reasoning on the below statement if possible, please. I am having a hard time wrapping my head around this for some reason. I tried to Google this and look…

Course: Investment Planning Lesson 15: Fundamentals of Derivatives – Futures and Options Student Question: So, if the max loss on a short put is the strike price less the premium, and the breakeven point is also the strike price minus the premium, does that mean the max loss is breaking even? And does the same…

Course: Income Tax Planning Lesson 7: Arriving at Adjusted Gross Income Student Question: Dan, can you help me with the below question? While I know a self-employed person can reduce AGI by 50%, I still couldn’t seem to come up with an answer that matched any of the choices. QUESTION Scott is a self-employed financial…

Course: Estate Planning Lesson 6: Transfer Taxation III Student Question: For “Power exercisable with consent of another”, can you explain  why the assets WOULD be included in John’s estate? Since he has  power to appoint property, wouldn’t that be adverse to Betty and  her ability to enjoy the property? The example is below. EXAMPLE Albert…

Course: Income Tax Planning Lesson 5: Gross Income Exclusions Student Question: In the Gifts & Inheritance section of Income Tax Planning and, how come there is not mention of the $15,000 gift tax limit. All it says is that gifts can be excluded from Gross Income. The amount of gifts excluded from taxable income is limited,…

Course: Investment Planning Lesson 3: Equity Securities Student Question: I don’t quite understand the corporate dividend exclusion. A corporation can exclude 70% of dividends from a different company when they own less than 20%. I don’t understand what happens when they own more than 20%. Also, is there a rule preventing companies from investing in…