Question: Beth and Marcy are considering opening a boutique ( BM Inc. ) as either a C corporation or as an S corporation. They expect the

Beth and Marcy are considering opening a boutique (BM Inc.) as either a C corporation or as an S corporation. They expect the business to make $120,000 of ordinary income each year and to be 50-50 owners. Assume they pay themselves a fair wage for their services under either business form (i.e., salary income and payroll taxes are the same either way). They plan to pay out all after-tax income in dividends each year. Beth and Marcy both expect to have a 32% marginal tax rate on all of their ordinary income, and an 18.8% rate on qualified dividends/long-term capital gains including the net investment income tax. The corporate tax rate is 21%. Assume the qualified business income deduction is still in effect. By how much are Beth and Marcy better off if they organize their business as an S corporation? (You should give a positive answer if they are better off organizing as an S corp. and a negative answer if they would be better off organizing as a C corp.)

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