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QUESTION 2 "Consider a C corporation. The corporation earns $2 per share before taxes. After the corporation has paid its corresponding taxes, it will distribute 50% of its earnings to its shareholders as a dividend. The corporate tax rate is 35%, the tax rate on dividend income is 20%, and the personal income tax rate is set at 28%. How much is the total effective tax rate on the corporation earnings?
| Particulars | Amount | Tax | 
| Earnings | 2.00 | |
| Less: tax@35% | (0.70) | 0.70 | 
| Balance | 1.30 | |
| Dividends | 0.65 | |
| Tax on dividends | 0.13 | 0.13 | 
| Total taxes | 0.83 | |
| / earnings | 2.00 | |
| Effective tax rate | 41.50% | 
Answer is:
41.50%
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