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Calculate the federal taxes and provincial taxes at an assumed net tax rate of 10% on federal taxable income payable by Dripper Catcher Ltd. Assume initially that the general tax reduction is $3,188 and confirm this amount. Also compute the refundable dividend tax on hand balance as at December 31, 2008 and compute the dividend refund for 2008. Show all calculations.

Question 44 (65 minutes) [Chapters 11, 12] Dripper Catcher Ltd. is a Canadian-Controlled Private Corporation with head offices in Langley, British Columbia. Dripper Catcher manufactures aluminum eavestroughs and sells them directly to builders. It also has a construction business that installs its products (and related products) on consumers' homes. For its fiscal year ended December 31, 2008, the corporation had correctly calculated its income for tax purposes under Division B as follows: Canadian operating profits (Note 1) Foreign: income before tax from U.S. branch in C$ (Note 2) Royalty income (Note 3) Interest income on outstanding A/R in construction business Recapture of CCA (Note 4) Rental income (Note 5) Taxable capital gains net of allowable capital losses Dividends from taxable Canadian corporations non-connected Division B income for tax purposes $ 393,000 40,000 15,000 4,500 12,500 19,000 3,000 13,000 $500,000 Notes: (1) Operating profits are from its two businesses; geographic and business line details described below. (2) Foreign income tax was paid in the amount of C$10,500 on this income. (3) The royalty income had been determined to be property income. (4) The recapture resulted from the sale of some equipment used in the construction business. (5) The rental income was derived from a five-year lease of the entire space of an unused warehouse owned by the corporation. Additional Information: (A) The balance in the tax accounts at the end of 2007 and other information from the 2007 taxation year were: Unused business foreign tax credit Refundable dividend tax on hand Dividend refund for 2007 $ 4,000 20,000 8,000 (B) A net capital loss of $6,000 was realized in June 2007; no capital gains were realized by the corporation in 2007 or in the prior three years. (C) DCL made charitable donations of $12,500 during the year. (D) Four quarterly dividends of $25,000 were declared at the end of each calendar quarter of 2008 and, as always, were paid two weeks after their declaration. Similarly, the dividend for the last quarter of 2007 of $22,500 was paid on January 14, 2008. (E) The corporation has permanent establishments in British Columbia, Ontario, and the United States. Its gross revenues, salary and wages, operating profit, and gross asset values are as follows: Location Gross revenue ($000s) Payroll ($000s) Operating profit ($000s) Gross asset value ($000s) British Columbia 1,750 1,950 123 4,500 Ontario 2,500 900 140 800 750 150 40 700 5,000 3,000 303 6,000 U.S. Totals (F) The corporation has never been subject to Large Corporations Tax. (G) Manufacturing and processing profits (M&P) have been correctly computed as $252,494. Required: Calculate the federal taxes and provincial taxes at an assumed net tax rate of 10% on federal taxable income payable by Dripper Catcher Ltd. Assume initially that the general tax reduction is $3,188 and confirm this amount. Also compute the refundable dividend tax on hand balance as at December 31, 2008 and compute the dividend refund for 2008. Show all calculations