On January 1 of the current year, Quail Corp., an accrual-basis, calendar-year C corporation, had accumulated earnings

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On January 1 of the current year, Quail Corp., an accrual-basis, calendar-year C corporation, had accumulated earnings and profits (E & P) of $20,000. On December 31 of the current year, Quail Corp. has current E & P of $24,000, earned evenly throughout the year. Ray and Devi were sole equal shareholders of Quail throughout the year. Quail made two distributions to shareholders during the year: $30,000 on July 1 and $30,000 on December 31. How much of the December 31 distribution is taxable dividend income for Devi?

a. $7,000
b. $11,000
c. $6,000
d. $1,000

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South Western Federal Taxation 2017 Comprehensive

ISBN: 9781305874169

40th Edition

Authors: William H. Hoffman, David M. Maloney, William A. Raabe, James C. Young

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