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You are a shareholder in a "C" corporation. This corporation
earns $4 per share before taxes. After it has paid taxes, it will
distribute the remainder of its earnings to you as a dividend. The
dividend is income to you, so you will then pay taxes on these
earnings. The corporate tax rate is 21% and your tax rate on
dividend income is 15%. The effective tax rate on your share of the
corporation's earnings is closest to:
Select one:
A. 33%.
B. 15%.
C. 50%.
D. 45%.
Effective tax rate = Total tax expenses/Taxable Income
C corporation earning per share = 4
Income after tax of C's corporation = 4-4*21%
= 3.16
Entire 3.16 will be paid as dividend. So 3.16 will be income to the shareholder.
Taxable income to shareholder = 3.16
Tax expense to shareholder = 3.16*15%
= 0.474
Effective tax rate = 0.474/3.16
= 0.15 or 15%
Answer : 15% (B)