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Carol Duncan has been teaching introductory federal income tax at a college in Alberta for the last 10 years. At tax time, family and friends inundate her with requests for assistance with their personal income tax returns. As a rule, aside from answering a question or two, she has avoided involvement with assisting in preparing income tax returns. She has recently changed her mind, however, and agreed to prepare the returns of two part time students (Albert and Milana) and one family member (Therese) on condition that she can use the results as case studies in her income tax classes. She carefully selected the three individuals given their unique circumstances that allow her to focus on the alternative minimum tax (AMT), RRSPs, and related tax planning. The following information has been presented to Carol for the three individuals: Net Business Income Net Employment Income Eligible Dividends Received Dividend Gross Up (38%) Non-Eligible Dividends Received Dividend Gross Up (15%) Taxable Capital Gains Capital Gains Deduction Claimable Retiring Allowance RRSP Contributions Allowable Business Investment Loss (ABIL) Non-Capital Losses Available Albert $ Nil $26,000 Nil Nil 94,000 14,100 180,000 100,000 Nil 5,000 Nil 50,000 Milana $120,000 Nil Nil Nil Nil Nil 140,000 Nil 80,000 46,000 Nil 173,000 Therese $ Nil $60,000 25,000 14,440 Nil Nil 500,000 440,000¹ Nil 24,000 60,000 Nil 'The capital gains deduction is limited by the annual gains limit, which is equal to the ITA 3(b) amount of $500,000 less the ABIL realized of $60,000. Albert had no unused RRSP deduction room or undeducted RRSP contributions at the end of 2019. His 2019 earned income was only $22,000. Therese's T4 for 2019 indicates a Pension Adjustment (PA) of $11,600. Her earned income for 2019 was $120,000. In addition, at the end of 2019 she has unused RRSP deduction room of $21,000 and undeducted RRSP contributions of $8,000, After 30 years of service, Milana retired from her employment in December 2019 and went into business for herself in January 2020. The terms of her employment provided her with a retiring allowance of $80,000, only part of which ($46,000) was eligible for a tax free rollover to her RRSP. Albert and Therese's taxable capital gains relate to the sale of shares of a qualified small busi- ness corporation. Albert has used his capital gains deduction extensively in previous years and only had an available amount remaining of $200,000 of the maximum of $883,384. Milana's taxable capital gain arose as a result of the sale of a cottage that was not eligible for either the principal residence exemption or the capital gains deduction. Albert is the sole shareholder in a Canadian controlled private corporation (CCPC) that is very profitable. He is flexible in terms of determining how he will be compensated by his company. Annually he requires $120,000 of income, which in 2020 he has decided should be paid as salary of $26,000 and dividends of $94,000. Therese has been involved in searching for investment opportunities since she inherited a large sum of money years ago when her parents passed away. Most of her investments are in public companies, but a few years ago she decided to invest in up and coming small business corpora- tions. While she experienced substantial capital gains on the sale of shares of one company she suffered a sizable loss on the sale of another, which fortunately qualified as an ABIL. Ignore the EI, CPP, and Canada Employment tax credits. Assume that the only tax credits avail- able to each of the three individuals are their basic personal credit and dividend tax credits. Required: Calculate the minimum Part 1 federal tax payable for the 2020 year for each of the three individuals as well as each of their respective AMT liabilities, if any. Bonus Question: What could Albert, Milana, and Therese have done differently to reduce or eliminate their AMT liability? Carol Duncan has been teaching introductory federal income tax at a college in Alberta for the last 10 years. At tax time, family and friends inundate her with requests for assistance with their personal income tax returns. As a rule, aside from answering a question or two, she has avoided involvement with assisting in preparing income tax returns. She has recently changed her mind, however, and agreed to prepare the returns of two part time students (Albert and Milana) and one family member (Therese) on condition that she can use the results as case studies in her income tax classes. She carefully selected the three individuals given their unique circumstances that allow her to focus on the alternative minimum tax (AMT), RRSPs, and related tax planning. The following information has been presented to Carol for the three individuals: Net Business Income Net Employment Income Eligible Dividends Received Dividend Gross Up (38%) Non-Eligible Dividends Received Dividend Gross Up (15%) Taxable Capital Gains Capital Gains Deduction Claimable Retiring Allowance RRSP Contributions Allowable Business Investment Loss (ABIL) Non-Capital Losses Available Albert $ Nil $26,000 Nil Nil 94,000 14,100 180,000 100,000 Nil 5,000 Nil 50,000 Milana $120,000 Nil Nil Nil Nil Nil 140,000 Nil 80,000 46,000 Nil 173,000 Therese $ Nil $60,000 25,000 14,440 Nil Nil 500,000 440,000¹ Nil 24,000 60,000 Nil 'The capital gains deduction is limited by the annual gains limit, which is equal to the ITA 3(b) amount of $500,000 less the ABIL realized of $60,000. Albert had no unused RRSP deduction room or undeducted RRSP contributions at the end of 2019. His 2019 earned income was only $22,000. Therese's T4 for 2019 indicates a Pension Adjustment (PA) of $11,600. Her earned income for 2019 was $120,000. In addition, at the end of 2019 she has unused RRSP deduction room of $21,000 and undeducted RRSP contributions of $8,000, After 30 years of service, Milana retired from her employment in December 2019 and went into business for herself in January 2020. The terms of her employment provided her with a retiring allowance of $80,000, only part of which ($46,000) was eligible for a tax free rollover to her RRSP. Albert and Therese's taxable capital gains relate to the sale of shares of a qualified small busi- ness corporation. Albert has used his capital gains deduction extensively in previous years and only had an available amount remaining of $200,000 of the maximum of $883,384. Milana's taxable capital gain arose as a result of the sale of a cottage that was not eligible for either the principal residence exemption or the capital gains deduction. Albert is the sole shareholder in a Canadian controlled private corporation (CCPC) that is very profitable. He is flexible in terms of determining how he will be compensated by his company. Annually he requires $120,000 of income, which in 2020 he has decided should be paid as salary of $26,000 and dividends of $94,000. Therese has been involved in searching for investment opportunities since she inherited a large sum of money years ago when her parents passed away. Most of her investments are in public companies, but a few years ago she decided to invest in up and coming small business corpora- tions. While she experienced substantial capital gains on the sale of shares of one company she suffered a sizable loss on the sale of another, which fortunately qualified as an ABIL. Ignore the EI, CPP, and Canada Employment tax credits. Assume that the only tax credits avail- able to each of the three individuals are their basic personal credit and dividend tax credits. Required: Calculate the minimum Part 1 federal tax payable for the 2020 year for each of the three individuals as well as each of their respective AMT liabilities, if any. Bonus Question: What could Albert, Milana, and Therese have done differently to reduce or eliminate their AMT liability?

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