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EA Part 2 study guide
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Lessons
- Tax Years: Calendar, Fiscal, and 52-53 Week
- Cash vs. Accrual Method & Section 448 Gross
- 2025 Domestic Research Expensing & Foreign R
- Changes in Accounting Method & Section 481 A
- Depletion: Cost Depletion vs. Percentage Dep
- Section 197 Intangibles & 15-Year Straight-L
- Start-Up & Organizational Expenditures: $5,0
- General Business Credit, Net Income Tax Limi
- Key Business Tax Credits: Research Credit, W
- Business Interest Expense Limitation) & Busi
- Business Meals, Gifts & Travel — Free Study Guide 2026
- Ordinary & Necessary Business Expenses & Dis
- Vehicle Expenses, Mileage & Substantiation
- Entity Classification & Check-the-Box Rules
- EINs, Entity Changes & Closing a Business
- Classification Elections, Default Rules & th
- Business Structures & Liability: Sole Propri
- Business vs. Nonbusiness Bad Debts — Free Study Guide 2026
- Business Casualty, Theft & Disaster Losses
- Net Operating Losses 80% Taxable Income Cap
- ACA Employer Size, Coverage & Reporting
- Filing Extensions, International Forms & Cas
- Financial Statements, Records & Owner Transa
- Property Distributions, Dividends & Construc
- Stock Redemptions & Corporate Liquidations
- Boot, Section 357 Liabilities in Excess of B
- Capital Structure: Debt vs. Equity & Section
- Corporate Formation & Section 351 Transfer R
- Controlled Groups & Closely Held Corporation
- Accumulated Earnings & Personal Holding Comp
- Book-Tax Differences — Free Study Guide 2026
- Current vs. Accumulated Earnings & Profits
- Form 1120 Gross Income, Corporate Deductions
- Corporate Minimum Tax & Foreign Tax Credits
- Current Exam Cycle, Blueprint & Study Decisi
- Depreciable Property, Cost Basis & Capitaliz
- Depreciation Conventions: Half-Year, Mid-Qua
- MACRS Property Classes & Depreciation Method
- Form 941 & Federal Income Tax / FICA Withhol
- Federal Unemployment Tax & State Unemploymen
- Payroll Tax Deposit Schedules & Trust Fund P
- Boot Recognition & Basis Calculation for Rep
- Section 1031 Like-Kind Exchanges — Free Study Guide 2026
- Section 1033 Involuntary Conversions & Repla
- Recognition of Tax Exemption & §501 Standard
- Maintaining Exemption, Political Activity &
- Farm Income Averaging & Conservation Deducti
- Farm Disaster Elections & Livestock Replacem
- Farm Rentals, Estimated Tax & Farm Depreciat
- Farm Income, Schedule F & Conservation Costs
- Form 990 Series Annual Returns & Unrelated B
- Unrelated Business Income & Debt-Financed Pr
- DNI Computation & Fiduciary Expense Allocati
- Principles of Fiduciary Income Taxation & Fo
- Fiduciary Tax Years, Exemptions & Estimated
- Foreign Trusts, Grantor Control & Abusive Sc
- Income Distribution Deduction & Schedule K-1
- Simple and Complex Trusts, Tiers & Distribut
- Gross Receipts & Inclusions in Business Gros
- Cost of Goods Sold & Inventory Valuation
- Section 263A Uniform Capitalization & Small
- Debt Discharge: Partnership vs. S Corporatio
- Excess Business Losses) & Related-Party Tran
- Basis, At-Risk & Passive Loss Limitations
- Outside Basis Calculations & Ordering Rules
- Sale or Exchange of a Partnership Interest
- Optional Basis Adjustments & 734) — Free Study Guide 2026
- Partnership Terminations, Mergers & Division
- Family Partnerships, Gifted Interests & Inco
- Formation & Property Contributions under Sec
- Partner Liabilities under Section 752 — Free Study Guide 2026
- Partnership Tax Year, Accounting Periods & F
- Centralized Partnership Audits, Notices & Op
- Nonliquidating & Liquidating Distributions &
- Guaranteed Payments vs. Distributive Shares
- Form 1065, Schedule K & Schedule K-1 Separat
- Section 1245 & Section 1250 / Unrecaptured §
- Sale of Business Property & Reporting on For
- Section 1231 Netting Process & 5-Year Lookba
- Section 199A Overview: 20% Deduction & Quali
- W-2 Wage & UBIA Limitations Calculation & Ag
- Specified Service Trades or Businesses & Thr
- Rental Losses, Active Participation & Real E
- Rental Income, Expenses & Conversion Basis
- Vacation Homes, Personal Days & Rental Alloc
- Plan Reporting, Loans & Prohibited Transacti
- Qualified Plans, 401 Limits & Nondiscriminat
- SEPs, Self-Employed Contributions & Owner Co
- SIMPLE IRAs & Small-Employer Contribution Ch
- S Corp Distributions, Accumulated Adjustment
- Entity-Level Taxes & Termination — Free Study Guide 2026
- Stock & Debt Basis Calculations, Ordering Ru
- Election Deadlines, Late Election Relief
- S Corporation Requirements & Form 2553 Elect
- Form 1120-S Operations, Reasonable Compensat
- 2025 Bifurcated Bonus Depreciation: Pre-Jan
- Listed Property Rules, >50% Business Use & S
- Section 179 Expensing: $2.5M Limit, $4M Phas
- Business Use of Home — Free Study Guide 2026
- Schedule C Gross Income & Allowable Business
- Self-Employment Tax & Statutory Employees
- Employee vs. Independent Contractor: Common
- Information Returns: Form 1099-NEC vs. 1099-
- Section 530 Relief Requirements & Consequenc