A condensed income statement for Ford Inc. (a CCPC) for its year, ended December 31, 2020, shows the following:

Ford Inc.

Condensed Income Statement

For the Year Ended December 31, 2020 unaudited

Sales $ 1,932,000

Cost of sales (1,439,000)

Gross profit 493,000

General and administrative expense (279,000)

Other (54,000)

Income before income taxes 160,000

Income tax expense (13,000)

Net income $ 147,000

• An analysis of the cost of sales account revealed that the inventory is valued at average cost within each of the different styles carried. Since the owner is still learning what has appeal, a “mark-down rack” has become a common fixture at the back of the store. The tagged prices of the mark-downs are less than their costs, at December 31, 2020 by $700. This difference has not been recorded in the financial statements.

• Cost of goods sold includes a charge of $1,800 to set up an allowance for returns (at 0.1% of sales) that are not subsequently saleable at full retail price. No such allowance was recorded last year-end because the company only discovered that the allowance was necessary this year.

• The company paid the following amounts to Sun Insurance Limited during the year:

Group term life insurance for the four full-time employees $2,200

$200,000 term life insurance policy on the president, which was included in the “Insurance” expense account 900 $3,100

Ford Inc. is the beneficiary of the insurance policy on the president. The term life insurance policy on the president was assigned to the bank as collateral for a $500,000 loan from January 1 through August 30, 2020. The loan was repaid on September 1, 2020 in favour of an operating
line of credit.

• The following selected information was taken from the “Promotions” account:

Charitable donation to the local United Way $ 4,500

Political contributions to the local politicians 2,500

Hockey tickets given to suppliers as Christmas gifts 2,800

Meals and entertainment incurred by the owner while negotiating with suppliers 2,000

Golf green fees incurred while entertaining suppliers 1,800

Two customer parties ($8,000) and one staff party ($4,000) — full costume occasions (staff and “significant others” make up about one-third of the attendees) 12,000

Account total $ 25,600

• The company’s “Professional expense” account included the following legal and accounting fees:

Accounting fees for yearend work and monthly bookkeeping $15,000

Legal fees incurred on the purchase of capital assets during the year 2,000
Legal and accounting fees incurred in connection with negotiations for a line of credit at the bank 4,000

Account total $21,000

• In 2019, the company incurred fees of $1,000 to issue shares to the president and CEO.

• Other expenses deducted in the financial accounting computation of income include:

Depreciation and amortization $47,000

Interest on the loan and operating line of credit 7,500

Interest on insufficient income tax instalments 400

Purchase of additional store fixtures bought at a going-out-ofbusiness sale; expensed due to their small dollar amount 1,500

Damages under a breach of contract suit initiated by a supplier 1,700

Total $58,100

• Added to the capital asset account for leasehold improvements this year is $15,000. This amount represents the store’s share of new landscaping of the strip mall premises that was undertaken after road work was done in front of the mall.

• You have correctly determined that Ford Inc. is entitled to a $50,000 capital cost allowance amount claim in 2020.

• The balance in the tax accounts on January 1, 2020 were:

Charitable donation carryforward $ 15,500

Non-capital losses from 2013 46,500

Net capital losses from 2014 14,500

Refundable dividend tax on hand (non-eligible) 20,000

Dividend refund for 2019 (non-eligible) 18,000

Required:
Based on the foregoing information, compute the income from business for tax purposes and taxable income for Ford Inc. for its 2020 fiscal year. Show all calculations whether or not they seem relevant to the final answer.

Answer rating: 100% (QA)

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