Tax Research Problem 2-64 FACTS: Lisa and Matthew would like to form a new corporation‚ Lima Corporation. Lisa will be exchanging $50‚000 cash in exchange for 50 shares of stock in Lima. Matthew will be contributing land which has a $35‚000 adjusted basis and a $50‚000 FMV‚ also in exchange for 50 shares of stock in Lima. ISSUE: When assets are exchanged for stock and control in a newly formed corporation‚ what are the tax and financial accounting implications of those transactions to Lisa
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is well managed. Because the differences between effective tax rates of companies of equal size that perform similar functions in the same geographical region are generally due to managerial decisions‚ a company with the lower effective tax rate could have the better administration and therefore be a better investment. The statutory corporate tax rate is the rate that is imposed on taxable income of corporations‚ which is equal to corporate receipts less deductions for labor costs‚ materials‚ and depreciation
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flows? What discount rate is appropriate? NPV = $1‚228‚485 Discount rate = cost of equity (from CAPM) = 15.8% (see model for projected free cash flows) 2. Value the project using the Adjusted Present Value (APV) approach assuming the firm raises $750 thousand of debt to fund the project and keeps the level of debt constant in perpetuity. NPV of Levered Firm = $1‚528‚485 3. Value the project using the Weighted Average Cost of Capital (WACC)
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Parliament 23/09/2013 Corporate tax avoidance by multinational firms In this briefing: The scale of Member States’ (MS) losses through the increasingly aggressive use of tax-avoidance schemes by multinational companies (MNCs) is difficult to estimate‚ but is considered serious. Press reports have highlighted the low tax paid by well-known‚ very successful companies. The tax reduction methods used by MNCs have been well known for decades. They include transfer pricing‚ the use of lower-tax jurisdictions
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President George W. Bush announced a package of tax cuts with the hopes that‚ when implemented‚ the tax cuts will stimulate the currently slow U.S. economy. The centerpiece of the Bush plan is to eliminate the taxes investors pay on dividend income. Currently‚ any money an investor receives when a stock she owns pays a dividend to its investors is added to her total income at tax time. So dividend income is treated the same way‚ and is taxed at the same rate‚ as income from working. If the Bush plan becomes
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does Teletech Corporation currently use the hurdle rate? Currently Teletech uses a single hurdle rate for both their Telecommunications Services and Products and Services divisions. The hurdle rate is the cost of capital based on an estimate of the corporation’s WACC. 2. Please estimate the segment WACCs for Teletech (see the worksheet in case Exhibit 1). As you do this‚ carefully note the points of judgment in the calculation. Corporate Telecommunications Products & Systems MV asset weights
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Steven David C. Albarillo MM21 MCIT(minimum corporate income tax) Under the CTRP‚ an MCIT equivalent to two percent (2%) of gross income is imposed beginning the fourth (4th) taxable year immediately following the taxable year in which such corporation started its business operations. The MCIT is imposed whenever such corporation has zero or negative taxable income or whenever the amount of the MCIT is greater than the regular corporate income tax due from such corporation. An MCIT equivalent
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Jessica Benson Elizabeth Shelley KCHU 120 November 13‚ 2013 A is for Average The percentage of A grades awarded in colleges throughout the United States have skyrocketed over the past 50 years. Unfortunately‚ this trend is not seen as an indication of higher quality or harder-working students. In fact‚ many studies have found that students in higher education devote considerably less time to studying and completing schoolwork than in the past. Corollaries between grade inflation and changing
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Merely based on gratuitous and problematic assumptions‚the author recommendate that it is a better choice for corporations to locate in Helios.To substanitate the recommendation‚the arthor cites the evidenct that Helios’s ybemployment rate was lower than the regional average.In addition‚the author provides evidence that Helios was trying to attract more companies that focus on research and development of innovative technologies to expand its economic base.This argument seems to be plausible at first
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and a $50‚000 FMV for 50 shares of Lima Stock. Lima will borrow additional capital from a bank and then will subdivide and sell the land. Prepare a memorandum‚ compare tax and financial accounting for this transaction.” Memorandum To: Dr. Ulysses Taylor From: Jessica Cain Date: January 26‚ 2015 Subject: Tax treatment of corporate formation for Lisa and Matthew Lisa and Matthew are contributing property worth $50‚000 each in exchange for 50 shares each in an effort to form Lima Corporation. Lima
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