A Calendar-Year Corporation Has Positive Current E&P of $500 and a Deficit

question 32

Multiple Choice

A calendar-year corporation has positive current E&P of $500 and a deficit in accumulated E&P of ($1,200) . The corporation makes a $400 distribution to its sole shareholder. Which of the following statements is true?

• A) The distribution will not be a dividend because total E&P is a deficit.
• B) The distribution may be a dividend, depending on whether total E&P at the date of the distribution is positive.
• C) The distribution will be a dividend because current E&P is positive and exceeds the distribution.
• D) A distribution from a corporation to a shareholder is always a dividend, regardless of the balance in E&P.

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Definitions:

Statistical Inference

The process of using data obtained from a sample to make estimates or test hypotheses about the characteristics of a population.

Population

A group of individuals, objects, or events that share common characteristics and are studied in statistics to draw inferences about their properties.

Sample

A subset of individuals or objects taken from the population of interest, used for statistical analysis.

Simple Random Sampling

A sampling method where each member of a population has an equal probability of being selected into the sample.