Wood Corporation was a C corporation in 2017 but elected to be taxed as an S corporation

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Wood Corporation was a C corporation in 2017 but elected to be taxed as an S corporation in 2018. At the end of 2017, its earnings and profits were $15,500. The following table reports Wood’s (taxable) income for 2018 (its first year as an S corporation).

Wood Corporation Income Statement December 31, 2018

Sales revenue....................................$150,000

Cost of goods sold............................(35,000)

Salary to owners...............................(60,000)

Employee wages...............................(50,000)

Depreciation expense......................(4,000)

Miscellaneous expenses..................(4,000)

Interest income.................................8,000

Qualified dividend income...............2,000

Overall net income...........................$7,000

What is Wood Corporation’s excess net passive income tax for 2018?

Corporation
A Corporation is a legal form of business that is separate from its owner. In other words, a corporation is a business or organization formed by a group of people, and its right and liabilities separate from those of the individuals involved. It may...
Dividend
A dividend is a distribution of a portion of company’s earnings, decided and managed by the company’s board of directors, and paid to the shareholders. Dividends are given on the shares. It is a token reward paid to the shareholders for their...
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Essentials Of Federal Taxation 2019

ISBN: 9781260190045

10th Edition

Authors: Brian Spilker, Benjamin Ayers, John Robinson, Edmund Outslay, Ronald Worsham, John Barrick, Connie Weaver

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