Jessica plans to invest $150,000 in a second business. She expects to generate a 12 percent before-tax
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Jessica plans to invest $150,000 in a second business. She expects to generate a 12 percent before-tax return on her investment the first year. Her marginal tax rate is 32 percent due to the income from her other business. She needs to decide whether to establish this second business as a sole proprietorship or a C corporation.
a. Compute the after-tax cash flow from a sole proprietorship if she withdraws 50 percent of the profits from the business the first year. (Ignore employment taxes.)
b. Compute the after-tax cash flow from a C corporation if she receives a dividend equal to 50 percent of the before-tax profits from the business the first year.
c. What nontax factors should Jessica consider in making this decision?
d. What do you recommend?
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Taxation For Decision Makers 2019
ISBN: 9781119497288
9th Edition
Authors: Shirley Dennis Escoffier, Karen A. Fortin