Jimbo Corporation distributes its after-tax earnings to shareholders as dividends. Jimbos before-tax earnings per share are $200
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Jimbo Corporation distributes its after-tax earnings to shareholders as dividends. Jimbo’s before-tax earnings per share are $200 and the corporate tax rate is 50 percent. Roodly and Drey each own one share in Jimbo and they face marginal personal income tax rates of 20 percent and 40 percent, respectively. Give the total tax rates (corporate plus personal) faced by Roodly and Drey on the $200 per share of corporate earnings, if
a. The corporate and personal income tax systems are not integrated.
b. The corporate and personal income tax systems are fully integrated via the partnership method.
c. Show that full integration reduces the total tax rate faced by Roodly by more than it reduces it for Drey.
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Public Finance In Canada
ISBN: 9781259030772
5th Canadian Edition
Authors: Harvey S. Rosen, Ted Gayer, Jean-Francois Wen, Tracy Snoddon