Jazz Corporation owns 50% of Williams Corp. stock. Williams distributed a $10,000 dividend to Jazz Corporation. Jazz Corp.'s taxable income before the dividend was $100,000. What is the amount of Jazz's dividends received deduction on the dividend it received from Williams Corp.?

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Because Jazz owns more than twenty percent and less than eighty percent of Williams stock, it is entitled to an 80% dividends received deduction ($10,000 × 80%).

Jazz Corporation Owns 50% of Williams Corp