Charger, Inc., has the following items for the current year:

Net operating income $150,000

Dividend income (50 percent-owned corporation) 40,000

Charitable cash contributions 20,000

Net operating loss carryover 10,000

a. What are the corporation’s taxable income and tax liability?

b. Assume that Charger is, and always has been, an S corporation wholly owned by Suzanne, a married taxpayer with no dependents and no other income or deductions. What are the tax liabilities of Charger and Suzanne?

c. Write a memo explaining why the answers in parts a and b are different.