Evon Llc Company

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Chapter 15 52. [LO 3] Evon would like to organize SHO as either an LLC or as a C corporation generating an 11 percent annual before-tax return on a $200,000 investment. Assume individual and corporate tax rates are both 35 percent and individual capital gains and dividend tax rates are 15 percent. SHO will pay out its after-tax earnings every year as a dividend if it is formed as a C corporation. Assume Evon is the sole owner of the entity and ignore self-employment taxes. a. How much would Evon keep after taxes if SHO is organized as either an LLC or as a C corporation? b. What are the overall tax rates if SHO is organized as either an LLC or a C corporation? Answer: a. LLC Description C Corp. Description (1) Pretax earnings…show more content…
LLC Corp. Overall tax rate 35% (4)/(1) 44.75% [(2) + (4)]/(1) 58. [LO 3] For the current year, Custom Craft Services Inc. (CCS), a C corporation, reports taxable income of $200,000 before paying salary to Jaron the sole shareholder. Jaron's marginal tax rate on ordinary income is 35 percent and 15 percent on dividend income. Assume CCS's tax rate is 35 percent. a. How much total income tax will Custom Craft Services and Jaron pay (combining both corporate and shareholder level tax) on the $200,000 taxable income for the year if CCS doesn't pay any salary to Jaron and instead distributes all of its after-tax income to Jaron as a dividend? b. How much total income tax will Custom Craft Services and Jaron pay (combining both corporate and shareholder level tax) on the $200,000 of income if CCS pays Jaron a salary of $150,000 and distributes its remaining after-tax earnings to Jaron as a dividend? c. Why is the answer to part b lower than the answer to part a? ?…show more content…
The combined taxes are lower under part b because the majority of the corporation's earnings are only subject to one level of tax (the individual tax on the salary). In part a the taxable income after salary is $200,000 but in part b it is $50,000 since the deduction of $150,000 is taken and this leads to only $50,000 that is taxed twice in part b. 66. [LO 3] In its first year of existence (year 1), Willow Corp. (a C corporation) reported a loss for tax purposes of $30,000. In year 2 it reports a $40,000 loss. For year 3, it reports taxable income from operations of $100,000 before any loss carryovers. Using the corporate tax rate table, determine how much tax Willow Corp. will pay for year 3. Answer: $4,500. Description (1) Year 3 taxable income $100,000 (2) Year 1 NOL carryforward ($30,000) (3) Year 2 NOL carryforward ($40,000) (4) Taxable income reported 30,000 (1) - (2) -

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