Question

How do I figure out the net investment income?

I figured the ordinary income at (173,434,000*34%) 58,967,560 [treating it as a dividend] and capital gains at (120,358,400*20%) 24,071,680 [treating it as the exchange].

Cerner Corporation announced a first-come, first-serve stock repurchase offer to its shareholders – the company agreed to repurchase 2,653,780 shares of its common stock in exchange for total consideration of $173,434,000. Cerner had 329,641,500 total shares outstanding before the redemption. You acquired 16,482,075 shares of Cerner's stock two years ago for $20/share. You were the only shareholder to participate in the repurchase offer and Cerner agreed to redeem the total number of shares directly from you.

Using the applicable tax rates provided below, compute your after-tax savings if the redemption is treated as an exchange as opposed to a dividend distribution. Any dividend income amounts should be considered ordinary income in character.

For purposes of the after-tax savings calculation, you should assume you are liable for the net investment income tax on both capital gains and dividend income.

Applicable tax rates:

Individual - ordinary income - 34%

Individual - long-term capital gains - 20%

Individual - net investment income 3.8%

Answer 1

Computation of after tax savings
Particular	Treating as exchange	Desription	Treating as dividend distribution	Desription
(1) Total consideration	$173,434,000		$173,434,000
(2) Less: purchase cost (2,653,780 x 20)	$53,075,600
(3) Capital gain	$120,358,400
(4) Taxes
Ordinary income tax			$58,967,560	(1) x 34%
Long term capital gain tax	$24,071,680	(3) x 20%
net investmentment income tax	$4,573,619	(3) x 3.8%	$6,590,492	(1) x 3.8%
Total taxes	$28,645,299		$65,558,052
After tax savings	$91,713,101	(3) - (4)	$107,875,948	(1) - (4)