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Interest versus dividend income During the year just ended, Shering Distributors, Inc., had pretax earnings from operations of
$ 484 comma 000$484,000.
In addition, during the year it received
$ 29 comma 000$29,000
in income from interest on bonds it held in Zig Manufacturing and received
$ 29 comma 000$29,000
in income from dividends on its
6 %6%
common stock holding in Tank Industries, Inc. Shering is in the
40 %40%
tax bracket and is eligible for a
70 %70%
dividend exclusion on its Tank Industries stock.
a. Calculate the firm's tax on its operating earnings only.
b. Find the tax and the after-tax amount attributable to the interest income from Zig Manufacturing bonds.
c. Find the tax and the after-tax amount attributable to the dividend income from the Tank Industries, Inc., common stock.
d. Compare, contrast, and discuss the after-tax amounts resulting from the interest income and dividend income calculated in parts b. and c.
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