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An ethical tax dilemma: Support of hobby versus trade or business in the presence of competing incentives and client pressure

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  • Stuebs, Martin
  • Wilkinson, Brett
  • Arnold, Andrew

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The tax law treats hobbies and businesses in a significantly different manner. The ability to discern when an activity is a business and when it is a hobby is critically important. Unfortunately, tax practitioners face an additional challenge when making judgment decisions: competing incentives and pressure from the client. Practitioners not only have obligations to their clients but are also obligated to uphold the tax system. Balancing professional responsibilities with other incentives and pressures introduces an ethical dimension to the issue. In this case, you will have the opportunity to explore the hobby versus business question in the presence of client pressure and competing incentives. You will be required to research the technical tax issues and make appropriate recommendations. Rather than this being a mere tax law analysis, however, you also need to look deeper into the decision making process and examine the ethical issues involved. At the conclusion of the case, you will have demonstrated an understanding of both the technical tax issues and the ethical issues involved.

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  • Stuebs, Martin & Wilkinson, Brett & Arnold, Andrew, 2012. "An ethical tax dilemma: Support of hobby versus trade or business in the presence of competing incentives and client pressure," Journal of Accounting Education, Elsevier, vol. 30(3), pages 380-396.
    • Handle: RePEc:eee:joaced:v:30:y:2012:i:3:p:380-396
    DOI: 10.1016/j.jaccedu.2012.09.001
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    1. Sledgianowski, Deb & Gomaa, Mohamed & Tan, Christine, 2017. "Toward integration of Big Data, technology and information systems competencies into the accounting curriculum," Journal of Accounting Education, Elsevier, vol. 38(C), pages 81-93.
    2. Cheng-Wen Lee & Chin Kun Chang, 2021. "Exploring the Assessment Model of Corporate Ethics Influencing Organizational Performance," Advances in Management and Applied Economics, SCIENPRESS Ltd, vol. 11(2), pages 1-1.

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