Carl Carson, a single taxpayer, owns 100% of Delta Corporation. During 2015, Delta reports $150,000 of taxable
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a. What is Delta’s income tax liability assuming Carl withdraws none of the earnings from the C corporation? What is Carl’s income tax liability? What is the total tax liability for the corporation and its shareholder?
b. Assume that Delta instead distributes $80,000 of its after-tax earnings to Carl as a dividend in the current year. What is the total income tax liability for the C corporation and its shareholder?
c. How would your answer to Part a change if Carl withdrew $80,000 from the business in salary? Assume the corporation pays $6,120 of Social Security taxes on the salary, which it can deduct from the $150,000 taxable income amount in Part a. Carl also pays $6,120 of Social Security taxes on the salary, which he cannot deduct.
d. How would your answers to Parts a–c change if Delta were instead an S corporation?
Corporation
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Federal Taxation 2016 Comprehensive
ISBN: 9780134104379
29th Edition
Authors: Thomas R. Pope, Timothy J. Rupert, Kenneth E. Anderson
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