Santos Shipping Lines (SSL) operates a fleet of container ships in international trade between Brazil and Ireland. All of the shipping income (that is, that related to SSLs ships) is deemed to be earned in Brazil. SSL also owns a dock facility in Ireland that services SSLs fleet. Income from the dock facility is deemed to be earned in Ireland. SSLs income deemed attributable to Brazil is taxed at a 34 percent rate. Its income attributable to Ireland is taxed at a 12.5 percent rate. Last year, the dock facility had operating revenues of $18 million, excluding services performed for SSLs ships. SSLs shipping revenues for last year were $79 million.

Operating costs of the dock facility totaled $22 million last year and operating costs for the shipping operation, before deduction of dock facility costs, totaled $48 million. No similar dock facilities in Ireland are available to SSL.

However, a facility in the United Kingdom (UK) would have charged SSL an estimated $17 million for the services that SSLs Ireland dock provided to its ships. SSL management noted that had the services been provided in Brazil, the costs for the year would have totaled $23 million. SSL argued to the Brazilian tax officials that the appropriate transfer price is the price that would have been charged in Brazil. Brazilian tax officials determined that the UK price is the appropriate one.

Required:

Calculate the total revenue, total costs, and income taxes for both the Cargo Division and the Maintenance Division and the total taxes for the company as a whole using the United Kingdom basis.

Calculate the total revenue, total costs, and income taxes for both the Cargo Division and the Maintenance Division and the total taxes for the company as a whole using the Brazil basis.

What is the difference in tax costs to SSL between the alternate transfer prices for dock services, that is, its price in Brazil versus that in the UK?