Tiger Company, a calendar year corporation, reports a deficit in current E&P of negative ($500,000) this year and positive accumulated E&P at the beginning of the year of $300000. Tiger distributed $250000 to its sole shareholder on June 30 of this year. How much of the distribution is treated as a return of capital this year if the shareholder has a $1 million adjusted basis in Tiger stock?
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$500000
$50000
$200000
$0
Dividend distributed on June30 | 2,50,000 | |||||
Deficit in Current E&P | -5,00,000 | |||||
Proporitonate defict in Current E &P till June30 | -2,50,000 | |||||
Balance in Accumulated E & P | 3,00,000 | |||||
Less: Proportionate deficit in Current E &P | -2,50,000 | |||||
balance in Accumulated E & P after adjustment used for dividend | 50,000 | |||||
(Treated as dividend distribution) | ||||||
Total Amount distributed | 2,50,000 | |||||
Less: Dividend distribution to be extent of balance of Acc. Earnings | -50,000 | |||||
Return of capital | 2,00,000 | |||||
Answer is $ 200,000 | ||||||
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