Last year Sanderson, Inc. had sales of $3 million. The firms cost of its goods sold came

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Last year Sanderson, Inc. had sales of $3 million. The firm’s cost of its goods sold came to $2 million, operating expenses excluding depreciation of $100,000 were $400,000, and the firm paid $150,000 in interest on its bank loans. Also, the corporation received $50,000 in dividend income (from a company in which it owned less than 20 percent of its shares) but paid $25,000 in the form of dividends to its own common stockholders. Calculate the corporation’s tax liability. What are the firm’s average and marginal tax rates?

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