Question

Sandra would like to organize BAL as either an LLC (taxed as a sole proprietorship) or a C corporation. In either form, the entity is expected to generate a 7 percent annual before-tax return on a $510,000 investment. Sandra’s marginal income tax rate is 37 percent and her tax rate on dividends and capital gains is 23.8 percent (including the 3.8 percent net investment income tax). If Sandra organizes BAL as an LLC, she will be required to pay an additional 2.9 percent for self-employment tax and an additional 0.9 percent for the additional Medicare tax. BAL’s income is not a qualified business income (QBI) so Sandra is not allowed to claim the QBI deduction. Assume that BAL will distribute all of its after-tax earnings every year as a dividend if it is formed as a C corporation. (Round your intermediate computations to the nearest whole dollar amount.)

a. How much cash after taxes would Sandra receive from her investment in the first year if BAL is organized as either an LLC or a C corporation?

b. What is the overall tax rate on BAL’s income in the first year if BAL is organized as an LLC or as a C corporation? (Round your final answers to 2 decimal places.)

Answer 1

	(A) Calculation of earnings after taxes if a BLA is organized as either an LLC or as a C corporation:
	Particulars	LLC ($)	Calculation	C Corp. ($)	Calculation
a	Pre Tax earnings	35,700	7% * $ 510,000	35,700	7% * $ 510,000
b	Entity Level Tax	NIL	-	5,355	15% * $ 35700
c	After tax entity earnings	35,700	(a) - (b)	30,345	(a) - (b)
d	Owner Tax	12,495	35% * $ 35,700	6,069	20% * $ 30,345
e	Net earnings	23,205	(c) - (d)	24,276	(c) - (d)
	(B) Overall Tax Rate :
	LLC = 35% i.e. Owner tax / Pre tax earnings
	C Corp. = 32% i.e. (Entity level tax + Owner tax) / Pre tax earnings