Tangelo Corporation has an August 31 year-end.Tangelo had $50,000 in accumulated E & P at the beginning of its 2018 fiscal year (September 1,2017) and during the year,it incurred a $75,000 operating loss.It also distributed $65,000 to its sole shareholder,Cass,on November 30,2017.If Cass is a calendar year taxpayer,how should she treat the distribution when she files her 2017 income tax return (assuming the return is filed by April 15,2018) ?
A) $65,000 of dividend income.
B) $60,000 of dividend income and $5,000 recovery of capital.
C) $50,000 of dividend income and $15,000 recovery of capital.
D) The distribution has no effect on Cass in the current year.
E) None of the above.
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