Exam 17: Corporations: Introduction and Operating Rules

Tomas owns a sole proprietorship, and Lucy is the sole shareholder of a C corporation.In the current year both businesses make a net profit of $60,000. Neither business distributes any funds to the owners in the year.For the current year, Tomas must report $60,000 of income on his individual tax return, but Lucy is not required to report any income from the corporation on her individual tax return.

Double taxation of corporate income results because dividend distributions are included in a shareholder's gross income but are not deductible by the corporation.

In the current year, Amber, Inc., a calendar C corporation, has income from operations of $200,000 and operating deductions of $225,000. Amber also had $30,000 of dividends from a 25% stock ownership in a domestic corporation. Which of the following statements is incorrect with respect to Amber's net operating loss deduction?

During the current year, Quartz Corporation (a calendar year C corporation) has the following transactions: Quartz owns 15% of ABC Corporation's stock.How much is Quartz Corporation's taxable income (loss) for the year?

In 2012, Bluebird Corporation had net income from operations of $75,000. Further, Bluebird recognized a long-term capital loss of $30,000, and a short-term capital gain of $10,000. Which of the following statements is correct?

Because of the taxable income limitation, no dividends received deduction is allowed if a corporation has an NOL for the current taxable year.

During the current year, Kingbird Corporation (a calendar year C corporation) had the following income and expenses: On October 1, Kingbird Corporation made a contribution to a qualified charitable organization of $9,000 in cash (not included in any of the above items). Determine Kingbird's charitable contribution deduction for the current year.

A corporation with $5 million or more in assets must file Schedule M-3 (instead of Schedule M-1).

George Judson is the sole shareholder and employee of Black Corporation, a C corporation that is engaged exclusively in engineering services. During the year, Black has gross revenues of $420,000 and operating expenses (excluding salary) of $200,000. Further, Black Corporation pays George a salary of $190,000. The salary is reasonable in amount and George is in the 35% marginal tax bracket irrespective of any income from Black. Assuming that Black Corporation distributes all after-tax income as dividends, how much total combined income tax do Black and George pay in the current year? (Ignore any employment tax considerations.)

Orange Corporation owns stock in White Corporation and has net operating income of $400,000 for the year.White Corporation pays Orange a dividend of $60,000.What amount of dividends received deduction may Orange claim if it owns 15% of White stock (assuming Orange's dividends received deduction is not limited by its taxable income)?

Donald owns a 60% interest in a partnership that earned $230,000 in the current year. He also owns 60% of the stock in a C corporation that earned $230,000 during the year. Donald received $50,000 in distributions from each of the two entities during the year. With respect to this information, Donald must report $188,000 of income on his individual income tax return for the year.

Which of the following statements is incorrect regarding the taxation of C corporations?

Robin Corporation, a calendar year C corporation, had taxable income of $1.9 million, $1.2 million, and $900,000 for 2009, 2010, and 2011, respectively.Robin has taxable income of $1.5 million for 2012. The minimum 2012 estimated tax installment payments for Robin are:

No dividends received deduction is allowed unless the corporation has held the stock for more than 90 days.

Ivory Corporation, a calendar year, accrual method C corporation, has two cash method, calendar year shareholders who are unrelated to each other. Craig owns 55% of the stock, and Oscar owns the remaining 45%. During 2012, Ivory paid a salary of $200,000 to each shareholder. On December 31, 2012, Ivory accrued a bonus of $50,000 to each shareholder. Assuming that the bonuses are paid to the shareholders on February 1, 2013, compute Ivory Corporation's 2012 deduction for the above amounts.

Explain the rules regarding the accounting periods available to corporate taxpayers.

During the current year, Thrasher, Inc., a closely held personal service corporation, has $67,500 of active business income, $52,500 of portfolio income, and $120,000 of passive loss.How much of the passive loss can Thrasher deduct in the current year?

Jade Corporation, a C corporation, had $100,000 operating income and $40,000 operating expenses during the year. In addition, Jade had a $2,000 long-term capital gain and a $10,000 short-term capital loss. Compute Jade's taxable income for the year.

Grebe Corporation, a closely held corporation that is not a PSC, had $75,000 of active income, $60,000 of portfolio income, and a $105,000 passive loss during the year. How much of the passive loss can Grebe deduct in the current year?

In the current year, Oriole Corporation donated a painting worth $30,000 to the Texas Art Museum, a qualified public charity.The museum included the painting in its permanent collection.Oriole Corporation purchased the painting 5 years ago for $10,000.Oriole's charitable contribution deduction is $30,000 (ignoring the taxable income limitation).