Deck 9: Taxation of Corporations

Question 1

A corporation's general business credit cannot completely eliminate its income tax liability.

Answer 1

False

Question 2

A corporation can elect to carry a capital loss back first to the third preceding tax year before it is carried forward five years; alternatively,it can elect to only carry the capital loss forward.

Answer 2

False

Question 3

If property is distributed to a shareholder as a dividend,the dividend is equal to the property's
fair market value.

Answer 3

True

Question 4

A corporate net operating loss can be carried forward indefinitely after being carried back two years.

Question 5

The tax rate on corporate income from $100,000 to $335,000 is a rate higher than for any other increment of corporate income.

Question 6

The Schedule L of Form 1120 is a corporate balance sheet as determined by the tax laws.

Question 7

A corporation that only has accumulated earnings and profits cannot make a dividend distribution.

Question 8

A controlled corporate group can consist of a parent and subsidiary or two corporations owned by the same individual.

Question 9

Regular corporations are free to choose any fiscal or calendar year as their tax year.

Question 10

Corporations are allowed a charitable contribution deduction equal to 10% of gross profit.

Question 11

The unextended due date for a corporate tax return is the 15^th day of the third month after the close of its tax year.

Question 12

A corporation must have positive earnings and profits in both its current earnings and profits account and its accumulated earnings and profits account to make a taxable dividend distribution.

Question 13

In determining consolidated net income,each corporation first must compute separate taxable income.

Question 14

The accumulated earnings tax and the personal holding company tax can both apply to a corporation in place of the regular corporate income tax.

Question 15

In 2015,a corporation's deduction for qualified U.S.production activities is 9% of qualified production activities income up to a maximum of 50% of applicable wages paid during the year.

Question 16

The corporate alternative tax is paid in place of the regular corporate income tax.

Question 17

All corporations whose income tax liability is less than $1,000,000 in the current year can avoid an underpayment penalty if each of their estimated tax payments is 25 percent or more of their immediately preceding tax year's tax liability.

Question 18

A partial liquidation occurs when only a few of a corporation's shareholders have their stock redeemed by a corporation.

Question 19

Intercompany dividends are one of many items eliminated in preparing a consolidated tax return.

Question 20

An individual shareholder may always receive sale treatment on a corporate redemption if the shareholder has all of his or her stock redeemed and no related parties own any of the same corporation's stock.

Question 21

What are the minimum and maximum corporate tax rates excluding surtaxes?

Question 22

What are two penalty taxes that apply to corporations and what is the penalty tax rate?

Question 23

Which of the following is not a characteristic of a corporation?

A)Associates
B)Limited life
C)Limited liability
D)Profit-motive

Question 24

Which of the following could be an indication that corporate debt is disguised equity?

A)Debt is issued to the shareholders in the same proportion as stock
B)The debt has a specified maturity date
C)The debt has a specified interest rate
D)Interest is paid annually

Question 25

What is a corporate redemption?

Question 26

What is the purpose of earnings and profits?

Question 27

The maximum marginal corporate tax rate excluding surtaxes is:

A)Less than the maximum individual tax rate
B)More than the maximum individual tax rate
C)34 percent
D)39 percent

Question 28

Why is preferred stock so named?

Question 29

How does a corporation treat a net short-term capital loss realized in the current year?

Question 30

What are the six characteristics of a corporation?

Question 31

Which of these is not considered an advantage of the corporate business form?

A)A shareholder employee's salary is fully deductible from corporate income
B)Shareholders are not taxed on corporate income until it is distributed to them
C)Shareholder-employees can participate in employee fringe benefits
D)Corporate shareholders cannot deduct corporate losses from their income

Question 32

What do the M-1 and M-2 schedules on a Form 1120 show?

Question 33

What are the various ownership requirements for a corporation receiving dividends to be eligible for a
dividend received deduction?

Question 34

What is a major advantage of the corporate form for owner-employees?

Question 35

What are the ownership requirements for filing a consolidated return?

Question 36

What avenues are available to a corporation to obtain capital for operations?

Question 37

What is the difference between current earnings and profits and accumulated earnings and profits?

Question 38

What is meant by attribution of stock ownership?

Question 39

What is the limit for corporate charitable contribution deductions?

Question 40

What is the result of a corporation's distribution of appreciated or depreciated property as a dividend?

Question 41

Which of the following is not a positive adjustment to taxable income to determine current earnings and profits?

A)Federal income taxes paid
B)Proceeds of life insurance
C)Capital loss carryovers
D)Dividend received deduction

Question 42

A corporation has pre-tax book income of $324,000.In determining this income,the corporation included $2,000 of tax-exempt interest,$6,000 of dividends from an affiliated corporation,a capital loss of $50,000 and $3,000 of excess book depreciation.What is the corporation's taxable income?

A)$369,000
B)$328,000
C)$269,000
D)$263,000

Question 43

Cloud Corporation has a taxable income of $100,000 in 2015 along with a $30,000 general business credit.What is the amount of its credit carryover and the last year to which the carryover could be used?

A)$70,000,2035
B)$7,750,2035
C)$7,750,2020
D)$13,125,2035

Question 44

Marlin Inc.,a calendar-year corporation,has gross income from operations of $160,000 and dividend income of $100,000 from a 25% owned domestic corporation for the current year.Deductible business expenses for the year are $170,000.What is Marlin's dividend received deduction for this year?

A)$70,000
B)$72,000
C)$80,000
D)$100,000

Question 45

Soledad received one stock right for every two shares of stock she owned.She owned 100 shares that she purchased two years ago for $1,000.Each of the 50 rights that she received allows her to purchase one share of stock for $15.The stock is currently selling for $22 per share.What is her basis in the 50 stock rights?

A)$0
B)$137.25
C)$159.09
D)$274.51

Question 46

The Willow Corporation reported $400,000 of taxable income.In making a conversion to book income,the accountant had to adjust for the following: a $25,000 Section 179 deduction,but book depreciation would have been $5,000; a fine of $12,500 for overweight trucks; and a net capital loss of $10,000.What is Willow Corporation's book income?

A)$422,500
B)$412,500
C)$402,500
D)$397,500

Question 47

Avalanche Corporation has $70,000 of net income from operations during the current year.In addition it received $180,000 of dividend income from another corporation in which it has a 10% ownership interest.What is Avalanche's dividends received deduction for this year?

A)$70,000
B)$126,000
C)$144,000
D)$180,000

Question 48

Margolin Corporation has regular taxable income of $120,000.It has positive adjustments of $90,000,preference items of $50,000 and negative adjustments of $40,000.What is its alternative minimum tax?

A)0
B)$9,450
C)$39,500
D)$44,000

Question 49

The Shepherd Corporation has $40,000 of taxable income,$200,000 of positive adjustments,and a $10,000 preference item.What is its alternative minimum taxable income?

A)$250,000
B)$235,000
C)$230,00
D)$225,000

Question 50

A corporation has a June 30 year end.What is the last date it can file its return due for its June 30,2015 year end if it files an extension?

A)December 31,2015
B)September 15,2015
C)January 30,2016
D)March 15,2016

Question 51

Jude received a $25,000 distribution from BC Corporation that the corporation identified as $15,000 dividend and $10,000 return of capital.What effect does this distribution have on Jude's taxable income if his basis in the stock of BC is $8,000?

A)Increase of $25,000
B)Increase of $17,000
C)Increase of $15,000
D)Increase of $10,000

Question 52

A large corporation had a net long-term capital loss in 2016 and net operating loss in 2016.What are the earliest year(s)to which these losses can be carried?

A)2013 for both
B)2012 for both
C)2014 for the capital loss; 2012 for the NOL
D)2013 for the capital loss; 2014 for the NOL

Question 53

What is JJ Corporation's balance in accumulated earnings and profits at the beginning of year 2 if in year 1 it made a $40,000 distribution to its shareholders,its current earnings and profits was $35,000,and its accumulated earnings and profits was $25,000 at the beginning of year 1?

A)$65,000
B)$30,000
C)$25,000
D)$20,000

Question 54

BarBRanch has had taxable income of $450,000,$570,000,$760,000 and $680,000 in years 2012 through 2015,respectively.What were the equal minimum quarterly estimated tax payments for 2015 that BarBRanch should have made in 2015 to avoid any penalty?

A)$57,676
B)$57,800
C)$64,600
D)$170,000

Question 55

A clothing manufacturing corporation donates last year's inventory to the Red Cross for use in its disaster relief efforts.The clothes have a fair market value of $200,000 and a basis to the corporation of $75,000.What is its charitable contribution deduction?

A)$200,000
B)$150,000
C)$137,500
D)$100,000

Question 56

A sole shareholder receives a piece of land from a corporation as a dividend distribution.The land has a basis of $40,000 and a fair market value of $80,000; the shareholder's basis in his stock is $20,000,and this distribution is the only corporate activity for the year except for paying any tax owed on the land distribution.At the beginning of the year,the corporation had only $5,000 in accumulated earnings and profits.How will this distribution be treated for tax purposes by the shareholder?

A)$80,000 dividend
B)$39,000 dividend; $41,000 capital gain
C)$39,000 dividend; $20,000 return of capital; $21,000 capital gain
D)$60,000 dividend; $20,000 return of capital

Question 57

What is Gigantic Corporation's net tax liability if its taxable income is $325,000 and it has a general business credit of $125,000?

A)$200,000
B)$63,750
C)$21,250
D)0

Question 58

Coho is a corporation that has $1,100,000 of gross revenue and $1,021,000 of deductible expenses? What is its income tax liability?

A)$79,000
B)$30,494
C)$26,860
D)$15,110

Question 59

Whyley Corporation,a C corporation,has gross profits on sales of $50,000 and deductible expenses of $60,000.In addition,Whyley has a net capital gain of $30,000.Whyley's taxable income is:

A)0
B)$10,000
C)$20,000
D)$30,000

Question 60

Soho is a personal service corporation that has $1,100,000 of gross revenue and $1,021,000 of deductible expenses? What is its income tax liability?

A)$79,000
B)$30,494
C)$27,650
D)$26,860

Question 61

A corporation is subject to both the personal holding company tax and the accumulated earnings tax.Its regular taxable income is $200,000.Its adjusted taxable income for imposing the personal holding company tax is $170,000 and its taxable income for determining the accumulated earnings tax is $230,000.What is the corporation's total tax liability?

A)$73,250
B)$95,250
C)$120,250
D)$141,250

Question 62

Vista Corporation,which has current earnings and profits (CE&P)of $10,000 and accumulated earnings and profits (AE&P)of $30,000,makes a $43,000 distribution to its sole shareholder,Julie,at the end of the current year.Julie has a basis in her Vista stock of $2,000.What is the amount of taxable income Julie must report from the Vista distribution?

A)$43,000
B)$41,000
C)$40,000
D)$10,000

Question 63

A corporation owns 90 percent of the voting power of a second corporation but only 70 percent of its total stock value.The corporations are:

A)Affiliated
B)A controlled group
C)Brother-sister corporations
D)Consolidated group

Question 64

An exempt organization normally operates as a:

A)Church
B)Private foundation
C)Corporation
D)Limited liability company

Question 65

Moranza Corporation,which has current earnings and profits (CE&P)of $10,000 and accumulated earnings and profits (AE&P)of $30,000,makes a $15,000 distribution to its sole shareholder,Justin,at the end of the current year.Justin has a basis in his Moranza stock of $2,000.What is the amount of taxable income Justin must report from the Moranza distribution?

A)0
B)$10,000
C)$12,000
D)$15,000

Question 66

Which of the following is an indication of the accumulation of earnings and profits beyond the reasonable needs of the business?

A)A $200,000 earnings and profits balance
B)$200,000 accumulated to retire debt
C)$600,000 accumulated for shareholder loans
D)$12,000,000 accumulated to expand operating facilities

Question 67

What is the percentage excise tax that a disqualified person can be assessed on a prohibited transaction if that person fails to correct the transaction?

A)10%
B)15%
C)10% and 25%
D)25% and 200%

Question 68

Casey Corporation has three assets when it decides to liquidate: The corporation sells the stock for its fair market value and distributes the other two assets to its sole shareholder.What is its tax liability on its final tax return if it had $45,000 of income from operations prior to liquidating?

A)$6,750
B)$5,000
C)$3,750
D)$750

Question 69

What is the minimum number of individuals who must own a corporation for it to avoid meeting the personal holding company designation?

A)One
B)Five
C)Nine
D)Ten

Question 70

Joe owns 40 percent of the stock of AD Corporation's 2,000 outstanding shares.If Joe sells some stock back to the corporation,what is the maximum percentage of ownership that Joe can have of the outstanding stock after the sale to qualify for capital gain treatment rather than having dividend income?

A)79.9%
B)39.9%
C)31.9%
D)29.9%

Question 71

Ponoco Corporation,which has current earnings and profits (CE&P)of $10,000 and accumulated earnings and profits (AE&P)of $30,000,makes a $41,000 distribution to its sole shareholder,Greg,at the end of the current year.Greg has a basis in his Ponoco stock of $2,000.What is the amount of taxable income Greg must report from the Ponoco distribution?

A)$1,000
B)$10,000
C)$40,000
D)$41,000

Question 72

Tom owns 60 percent of CDF Corporation.CDF rents a building from Tom for $4,500 per month.Fair rental value for the building is only $3,000 per month.In addition,CDF employs Tom's son as the general manager at a salary of $350,000 annually.Similar positions in similar businesses pay $200,000 annually.How much rental and dividend income should Tom report on his tax return for the year?

A)$54,000 rental income
B)$54,000 rental income; $150,000 dividend income
C)$36,000 rental income; $18,000 dividend income
D)$36,000 rental income; $168,000 dividend income

Question 73

What is the amount of the exemption an exempt organization is permitted for unrelated business income?

A)0
B)$100
C)$1,000
D)$10,000

Question 74

What type of organization is always a private foundation?

A)A church that receives all of its support from members
B)A scholarship fund for policemen that receives half of its income from interest and dividends
C)A school that receives government grant funds
D)A church that derives 5 percent of its income from rental of its sanctuary for concerts by aspiring concert musicians.

Question 75

An exempt organization will not be assessed an unrelated business income tax if:

A)Volunteers perform substantially all the work.
B)The business sells primarily donated merchandise
C)It is a religious or educational institution and the business benefits members
D)All of the above