Wood Corporation was a C corporation in 2016 but elected to be taxed as an S corporation
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Wood Corporation was a C corporation in 2016 but elected to be taxed as an S corporation in 2017. At the end of 2016, its earnings and profits were $15,500. The following table reports Wood's (taxable) income for 2017 (its first year as an S corporation).
Wood Corporation
Income Statement
December 31, 2017
Sales revenue ............................................. $150,000
Cost of goods sold ....................................... (35,000)
Salary to owners .......................................... (60,000)
Employee wages .......................................... (50,000)
Depreciation expense ................................... (4,000)
Miscellaneous expenses ............................... (4,000)
Interest income ................................................ 8,000
Qualified dividend income ............................. 2,000
Overall net income ........................................ $7,000
What is Wood Corporation's excess net passive income tax for 2017?
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Essentials Of Federal Taxation 2018
ISBN: 9781260007640
9th Edition
Authors: Brian Spilker, Benjamin Ayers, John Robinson, Edmund Outslay, Ronald Worsham, John Barrick, Connie Weaver