Piper plans to organize a new business venture as a corporation and wants to know if it is more tax-efficient to be an S-Corporation or C-Corporation. Piper projects the business will generate $200,000 in taxable income annually. Pipers marginal tax rate is 37% for ordinary income and 20% for qualifying dividends and long-term capital gains. Piper has income from other sources, subjecting her to the 3.8% net investment income tax. Piper projects that the new business will distribute 100% of its after-tax earnings every year to its shareholders. Pipers only involvement with the entity will be as a capital investor. That is, Piper will not be actively engaged in business activities and is considered a passive investor. Finally, any business income allocation from a flow-through entity will qualify for the qualified business income deduction without any limitation.

1. Compute Pipers after-tax income for each potential entity form (one calculation for forming as an S-Corporation and another for forming as a C-Corporation). (show your work).
2. What is the overall tax rate (combined owner and entity level) for organizing the business as an S corporation and as a C-Corporation? (show your work)?
3. Should Piper form the business venture as an S-Corporation or C-Corporation?
4. Piper adamantly believes that the business venture should be formed as a C-Corporation since the C-Corporation tax rate is less than her individual marginal tax rate on ordinary income. Please explain to Piper why this assumption is correct or incorrect.