Question $19(2\mathrm{.}5$ points$)$

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Which of the following statements is CORRECT?

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A$)$ The income of certain small corporations that qualify under the Tax Code is completely exempt from corporate income taxes. Thus, the federal government receives no tax revense from these businesses, even though they report high accounting profits.

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B$)$ All businesses, regardless of their legal form of organization, are taxed under the Business Tax Provisions of the Internal Revenue Code.

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Small corporations that qualify under the Tax Code can elect not to pay corporate taxes, but then each

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Congress recently changed the tax laws to make dividend income received by individuals exempt from income taxes. Prior to the enactment of that law, corporate income was sabject to doeble taxation, where the firm was first taxed on the corporation's income and stockholders were taxed again on this income when it was paid to them as dividends.

E$)$ All corporations other than non$-$profits are subject to corporate income taxes, which are $15\%$ for the lowest amounts of income and $38\%$ for the highest income anounts.