Ms. Kona owns a 10 percent interest in Carlton LLC. This year, the LLC generated $72,400 ordinary income. Ms. Kona’s marginal tax rate is 33 percent, and she does not pay SE tax on her LLC income.
a. Compute the tax cost on Ms. Kona’s share of Carlton’s income assuming that she received a $35,000 cash distribution this year.
b. Compute the tax cost on Ms. Kona’s share of Carlton’s income assuming that she received no cash distribution this year.