Determining the Statute of Limitations: While the statute of limitations for examination is generally three years from the date a return is filed, the statue can be automatically extended, can be voluntarily extended, or tolled under various provisions provided in the code, regulations, rulings and court cases. Your job is to advise your clients as to the applicable statute of limitations based on the fact pattern to be provided to you below. Remember: the date a return is deemed filed is a question of both fact and law.

It is October 1, 2021. The clients have not filed their joint current year’s tax return. No extension has been filed. Your clients have filed timely in the past and there is no reason to suspect that there is unreported income (once the return is filed). They live in Florida and have been unaffected by a hurricane or other severe weather event. Your team must write a memorandum to the client explaining when a tax return filing will be deemed sufficient to start the statute of limitations for both examination and assessment purposes. In addition, the clients have asked if they should file a joint tax return under the facts above. You should cite, as appropriate, the code, regulations, rulings, court cases… etc. Make sure that the memo addresses all the following questions for both types of returns:

1. What are the exceptions to the general statute of limitations on Assessment?
2. When is a return deemed sufficient to start the statute of limitations?

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Research and read 2 peer-reviewed journal articles about the Common Core Standards. One article should support using the Common Core Standards and one article should be opposed to the use of the Common Core Standards.

Write a 250- to 300-word response to the following:

Summarize the main points of each article.
Share your own experiences (not your feelings about the standards) with using a set of standards in your state.

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What is social engineering? Simply put, it is “any act that influences a person to take action that may or may not be in their best interest.” Social engineering is a term that encompasses a broad spectrum of malicious activity.

Select one of the following social engineering attack techniques:

Baiting.
Scareware.
Pretexting.
Phishing.
Vishing.
Tailgating.
Watering hole.
Whaling.
Spear phishing.
Use a Web search engine and search for information about your selected social engineering attack, or visit The Most Common Social Engineering Attacks [Updated 2020].

In addition, find articles about an instance where the chosen social engineering attack was used.

In a 1–2 page paper, respond to the following items:

Describe the attack in detail.
Describe the technique of the attacks.
Describe the effects of the attack both in general and in the specific instance you found.
Discuss three ways to prevent the attack. Provide a rationale.

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