Advise me how I use the following information to fill out a form 1120? ( For Form
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Advise me how I use the following information to fill out a form 1120?
( For Form 1120, Schedule K (on pages 4 and 5), you only need to complete lines 1 - 2 (a, b & c). You can disregard the remainder of Schedule K.
For Form 1120 Schedule L (page 6), you do not need to complete the Balance Sheet per Books for the Beginning of the Year, since the amounts are all zero.)
Anna West and Zoe Waters each own one-half of the common stock of Lucky Penny Corporation (LPC). LPC was incorporated on January 1, 2021. It has only one class of stock outstanding and operates as a C corporation for tax purposes. LPC provides accounting services to clients in and around Parkville, Missouri.
Following is additional information related to LPC: ? Office Location: 123 Park Ave, Parkville, MO 64152 ? Employer Identification Number:11-2233444. ? Business activity code: 541213 ? The shareholders are both US citizens and also work as officers for the corporation as follows: ? Anna is the chief executive officer and president (Social Security number 111-22-3333) ? Zoe is the chief financial officer and treasurer. (Social Security number 222-33-4444). ? All officers devote 100 percent of their time to the business and all officers are U.S. citizens.
Financial Information Following is pertinent financial information related to LPC's financial activities in 2021: ? LPC uses the accrual method of accounting and has a calendar year-end. ? LPC made four equal estimated tax payments of $20,000 each. ? LPC paid a dividend of $60,000 to its shareholders on December 15. LPC's dividend amount was not in excess of its current and accumulated earnings and profits. ? Of the $18,000 in interest income, $4,000 was from a Platte County bond, $2,000 was from a US treasury bond, and $12,000 was from a bank account. ? LPC owned 15,000 shares of Accounting Unlimited, Inc.'s (AU) stock at the beginning of the year, which represented 15% ownership. AU is a US (domestic) corporation. AU distributed a $12,000 dividend to LPC on June 1. ? On September 16, LPC sold 2,000 shares of its AU stock for $6,000. It had originally purchased the shares on February 14 for $16,000. After the sale, LPC owned 13% of AU. ? The officers' compensation was as follows: Anna, $200,000; and Zoe, $180,000. ? The stock option compensation is related to NQO stock options expensed during the year (recipients are officers). The options have not been exercised. ? LPC wrote off $3,000 in accounts receivable as uncollectible during the year. ? The investment in bonds includes a $10,000 investment in US treasury bonds and $41,000 investment in local Platte County bonds. ? The fixed asset is office furniture that was placed in service on January 1 with a useful life for book purposes of 10 years. LPC wants to take bonus depreciation on the assets for tax purposes. ? The intangible asset is a customer list purchased from another accounting firm on January 1. The useful life for book purposes is 5 years. ? The $5,000 interest expense was from a business loan. ? All meals were related to business and were purchased from restaurants.