Dragon Corporation Reports a Distribution on Its Return from the Third

question 37

Multiple Choice

Dragon Corporation reports a distribution on its return from the third previous year as a stock redemption producing a capital gain. When the return is audited during the current year, the distribution of the third previous year is characterized by the IRS as a dividend. This change causes Dragon Corporation to be classified as a personal holding company for the third previous year. Which of the following statements is correct?

• A)Dragon Corporation will owe interest and/or underpayment penalty even if the PHC tax is avoided by a deficiency dividend.
• B)Dragon Corporation will owe no interest and/or underpayment penalty if the PHC tax is avoided by a deficiency dividend.
• C)A deficiency dividend is not permitted to be paid by Dragon.
• D)A dividend must be paid within 120 days of establishing the PHC tax liability and a claim for a dividends-paid deduction must be filed within 90 days of the determination date.

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Definitions:

T-test

A statistical test used to compare the means of two groups.

Null Hypothesis

A statement in statistics that proposes there is no significance difference or effect, generally serving as the default or starting assumption in hypothesis testing.

Alpha

The threshold for significance in statistical testing, typically set at 0.05, below which the null hypothesis is rejected.

T-test

A statistical test used to compare the means of two groups, often employed to determine if there are significant differences between them.