Mr. Lotsaluck incorporated a company in 2008 in a province with a 20% corporate tax rate on

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Mr. Lotsaluck incorporated a company in 2008 in a province with a 20% corporate tax rate on active business income, a 40% total corporate tax rate on other income, before the 6 2/3% additional refundable tax, and a 46% combined personal tax rate (including a 17% personal provincial tax on income rate), taking one share with a paid-up capital value of $1 and a note representing a loan to the company of $499,999. The company, Luck Unlimited Limited, a private corporation, purchased the assets of a business in the same year for $500,000. The purchase price was allocated to the land and building of the business in the amount of $400,000 and to goodwill in the amount of $100,000. However, before the business had commenced, the company sold the assets of the business for $700,000, including $170,000 for goodwill.
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Assume that the sale of land and building was considered to result in a capital gain. How much of the $700,000 received in the corporation would Mr. Lotsaluck retain, if he removed all of this amount from the corporation.
Goodwill
Goodwill is an important concept and terminology in accounting which means good reputation. The word goodwill is used at various places in accounting but it is recognized only at the time of a business combination. There are generally two types of...
Corporation
A Corporation is a legal form of business that is separate from its owner. In other words, a corporation is a business or organization formed by a group of people, and its right and liabilities separate from those of the individuals involved. It may...
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Introduction To Federal Income Taxation In Canada

ISBN: 9781554965021

33rd Edition

Authors: Robert E. Beam, Stanley N. Laiken, James J. Barnett

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