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The schedule below outlines the net income for income tax purposes ( by source ) of Sunday Media Incorporated ( SMI ) , a Canadian

The schedule below outlines the net income for income tax purposes (by source) of Sunday Media Incorporated (SMI), a Canadian-controlled private corporation wholly owned by Ms. Clark, for its fiscal year ended December 31,2023. The Toronto-based company is a wholesale company with corporate and public clients and is located only in Ontario.
Sunday Media Inc.
Net Income for Income Tax Purposes (by Source)
for the Year Ended December 31,2023
Income from Wholesale sales net of all capital cost allowance $345,300
Interest income70,000
Dividend income 51,000
Foreign non-business income in Cdn $ (Net amount)(Note 8)15,000
Taxable capital gain (non-active)27,000
Net income for income tax purposes $508,300
Additional Information:
1. Interest income is derived from the following sources:
(a)10-year bond in IBM Ltd., a Canadian company $40,000
(b) Interest on term load to Saturn Limited a Canadian company 30,000
$70,000
Note: SMI owns 51% of Saturn Limited. The other 49% is owned by Rogers corporation a public company
2. Dividend income is derived from the following sources:
(a) Saturn Limited (eligible) $35,000
(b) Fox Corp. (Canada) Ltd. CCPC (10% shareholder non-eligible)14,000
(c) ABC Investment Co.(1% shareholder eligible)2,000
$51,000
3. Sale of non-active assets during the year resulted in the taxable capital gain of $27,000
4. Saturn Limited (Saturn) had taxable income of $623,000 for the year ending March 31,2023, all of which was active business income.
Saturn was allocated a Small Business Limit of $80,000 for the year
Saturn received a dividend refund of $21,000 when it paid out dividends of $68,627 on its shares.
5. During the year, SMI paid eligible dividends to Ms. Clark totalling $45,000 of which $7,000 was a capital dividend. (Election forms were already filed.) Non-Eligible dividends of $10,000 were also paid to Ms. Clark during the year.
6. For the fiscal year ended December 31,2023, SMI made the following expenditures:
Charitable donations not yet deducted $45,000
Federal tax instalments $120,000
7. Balances in the tax accounts as at the beginning of fiscal 2023 are as follows:
Charitable donations made in 2022, unused in that year $12,000
Charitable donations made in 2017, unused in that year 4,000
Refundable dividend tax on hand (non-eligible dividends) $15,000
Dividend refund in 2022(non-eligible dividends) $8,000
Net capital losses realized in 1989, unused to date $25,000
Capital dividend account $15,000
Non capital losses from 2019 $3,000
8. Withholding tax on the non business income in Can $ is $4,500
Required:
a. Assume that the current years passive income is equal to the prior years passive income.
Compute the net taxes payable by (refundable to) Sunday Media Incorporated (SMI),for its 2023 taxation year making use of all credits, refunds and payments. Show all your calculations. The provincial tax rate is 14 per cent.
b.Compute the Refundable Tax on Hand showing all your work including the dividend refund andPart 1V Tax.

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