Question

Marathon Inc. (a C corporation) reported $1,000,000 of taxable income in the current year. During the year, it distributed $100,000 as dividends to its shareholders as follows: (New Corporate income tax rate has been mentioned as "21% on all taxable income" as per the recent change. Leave no answer blank. Enter zero if applicable.)

• $5,000 to Guy, a 5 percent individual shareholder.
• $15,000 to Little Rock Corp., a 15 percent shareholder (C corporation).
• $80,000 to other shareholders.

1. How much of the dividend payment did Marathon deduct in determining its taxable income?
2. Assuming Guy’s marginal ordinary tax rate is 37 percent, how much tax will he pay on the $5,000 dividend he received from Marathon Inc. (including the net investment income tax)?
3. What amount of tax will Little Rock Corp. pay on the $15,000 dividend it received from Marathon Inc. (50 percent dividends received deduction)?

4. On what line of Little Rock Corp.’s Form 1120 page 1 is the dividend from Marathon Inc. reported?

5. On what line of Little Rock Corp.’s Form 1120 page 1 is its dividends received deduction reported?

   (Assume 2019 form is same structure as 2018 form.)

Answer 1

1.

$0

A company is not permissible to subtract dividend allocations it makes to the investors.

2.

$1,190

Individual would give tax on dividend @ 23.8% tax rate i.e., 20% plus 3.8% of net investment income tax.

Total dividend: - $5,000*23.8% = $1,190

3.

$1,575

Dividend                                                         $15,000

Less: - Dividends received deduction            - $7,500

Taxable portion of dividend                           $7,500

Corporate tax rate ($7,500*21%)                   $1,575

4. Little Rock Corp will report the $15,000 dividend on Form 1120, page 1, line 4.

5. Little Rock Corp. will report its $7,500 dividends received deduction on Form 1120, page 1, line 29b (assuming 2019 form is same structure as 2018 form).