Identify Which of the Following Statements Is True

question 60

Multiple Choice

Identify which of the following statements is true.

• A)A deficiency dividend is included in the shareholder's gross income for his/her tax year that includes the last day of the tax year in which the personal holding company claims a dividends-paid deduction.
• B)A shareholder who receives a deficiency dividend must report the dividend as gross income for the tax year that includes the last day of the distributing corporation's tax year on which it was a PHC.
• C)A personal holding company's payment of a deficiency dividend eliminates its need to pay the personal holding company tax as well as any interest and underpayment penalties on the tax deficiency.
• D)All of the above are false.

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Definitions:

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Proton NMR Spectrum

A technique in nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) that measures the environment of hydrogen atoms in a molecule to elucidate its structure.