A. Robbins Corporation is a retail dealer for electrical
equipment. The taxable income is
$701,500. Calculate the tax liability.
Corporate Tax Rates
15% $ 0–$50,000
25% $ 50,001–$75,000
34% $75,001–$10,000,000
35% over $10,000,000
Additional surtax:
•5% on income between $100,000 and $335,000.
•3% on income between $15,000,000 and $18,333,333.
B. ‘Taxes are a fact of life, and businesses, like individuals,
must pay taxes on Income’ –
Elucidate.
A] | Normal tax liability = 50000*15%+25000*25%+(701500-75001)*34% = | $ 226,760 | |
Additional surtax = (335000-100000)*5% = | $ 11,750 | ||
Total tax liability | $ 238,510 | ||
B] | Taxes are levied by Government for protecting the nation and its subjects. | ||
The objectives of such levies are resource allocation, income redistribution | |||
and economic stability. | |||
The benefits of the amounts spent by government are enjoyed not only by | |||
individuals but also by other entitites. The term other entities, includes | |||
all business units. | |||
In reality, the business units may be enoying more benefits than individuals. | |||
Hence, business units also have a moral responsbility to contribute to the | |||
revenues of the governnment and there is nothing unreasonable about it. |
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