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You are a shareholder in a C corporation. The corporation earns $2.12 per share before taxes. Once it has paid taxes it will distribute the rest of its earnings to you as a dividend. Assume the corporate tax rate is 38%and the personal tax rate on (both dividend and non-dividend) income is 25% How much is left for you after all taxes are paid?
The amount that remains is _____ per share. (Round to the nearest cent.)
The income earned in the corporation is : $2.12
The amount left after paying for the corporate taxes is :
$2.12 - $2.12 * 0.38%
= $1.3144
The amount that remains after paying for the personal taxes is :
= $1.3144 - 0.25*$1.3144
= $0.9858
= $0.99 ( rounded off to the nearest cent)