Ms. Xie, who is in the 37 percent tax bracket, is the sole shareholder and president of Xenon. The corporations financial records show the following:

Gross income from sales of goods	$ 1,647,000
Operating expenses	(949,000)
Salary paid to Ms. Xie	(319,000)
Dividend distributions	(219,000)

Required:

1. Compute the combined tax cost for Xenon and Ms. Xie. (Ignore payroll tax.)
2. How would your computation change if Ms. Xies salary was $538,000 and Xenon paid no dividends?

Compute the combined tax cost for Xenon and Ms. Xie. (Ignore payroll tax.)

	Amount
Xenon's tax
Ms. Xies tax on salary
Ms. Xies tax on dividend
Total income tax cost

How would your computation change if Ms. Xies salary was $538,000 and Xenon paid no dividends?

	Amount
Xenon's tax
Ms. Xies tax on salary
Total income tax cost