In: Accounting
Lanco Corporation, an accrual-method corporation, reported taxable income of $2,380,000 this year. Included in the computation of taxable income were the following items:
Not included in the computation of taxable income were the following items:
Lanco's accumulated E&P at the beginning of the year was $2,820,000. During the year, Lanco made the following distributions to its sole shareholder, Luigi (Lug) Nutt:
Required:
| a | In the current scenario of L Corporation below is the computation of E & P | ||||||||||
| Current E & P | $ | ||||||||||
| Taxable Income | 2380000 | ||||||||||
| Add | |||||||||||
| MACRS depreciation excess over straight line | 80500 | ||||||||||
| Carry over of NCL from last year | 12000 | ||||||||||
| NOL carryover from last year | 28600 | ||||||||||
| Income Tax Exempt | 7150 | ||||||||||
| Proceeds from life insurance | 349000 | ||||||||||
| Less | |||||||||||
| Income taxes to be charged at 34% | 809200 | ||||||||||
| Life insurance Premium -Non Deductible | 4000 | ||||||||||
| Life Interest Expense-Non Deductible | 1200 | ||||||||||
| Excess Charitable Contribution | 4100 | ||||||||||
| Current E & P | 2038750 | ||||||||||
| Note | As lanco is a tax payer on accrual basis the income tax refund has not been added back | ||||||||||
| Note | There has been no adjustment which has been done on the capital on the distribution made to Lug as the basis of income tax and E& P on land is the same | ||||||||||
| b | The amount of dividend reported by Lugo is $67500 cash and land distribution is $77750-$24000 | ||||||||||
| $67500+$53750=$121250 | |||||||||||
| c | Current scenario | 2038750 | |||||||||
| Less | |||||||||||
| Cash Dividend | 67500 | ||||||||||
| Fair Market Value of Land distributed last yr | 77750 | ||||||||||
| Add | |||||||||||
| Mortgage Assumed by lug | 24000 | ||||||||||
| Current E&P after distribution | 1917500 | ||||||||||
| Accumulated E& P at beginning of year | 2820000 | ||||||||||
| Accumulated E&P at beginning of Next Year | $3,835,000 | ||||||||||
| Accumulated E& P | = | Current E & P +Mortgage+E& P after distribution +accumulated E& P -Cash Dividends-Market Value of Land | |||||||||
| = | 2038750+24000+1917500-67500-77750 | ||||||||||
| = | $3,835,000 | ||||||||||