At the beginning of the year, Data, a C corporation, had a $45,000 deficit in accumulated earnings and profits. For the current year, Data reported earnings and profits of $15,000. Data distributed $18,000 to its shareholders during the current year. What amount of the distribution is treated as a taxable dividend?
Answer - $15,000 is treated as a taxable dividend.
A corporation's distribution amount on their stock to it's shareholders will be the dividend distribution that are made with current earnings or profits or accumulated earnings or profits. In this question, $18,000 distribution would be a dividend to the extent of the $15,000 of the current period earnings or profits.
$45,000 deficit in its accumulated earnings and profitsprofits would began the next year with the same amountamount because distribution do not increase a deficit.
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