XYZ Corporation (An S Corporation) Is Owned by Jane and Rebecca

question 43

Essay

XYZ Corporation (an S corporation) is owned by Jane and Rebecca who are each 50% shareholders. At the beginning of the year, Jane's basis in her XYZ stock was $40,000. XYZ reported the following tax information for 2014. $$\begin{array} { | l | r | } \hline \text { Description } & { \text { Amount } } \\\hline \text { Sales revenue } & \$ 730,000 \\\hline \text { Cost of goods sold } & ( 200,000 ) \\\hline \text { Long-term capital gain } & 8,000 \\\hline \text { Dividend income } & 5,000 \\\hline \text { Tax exempt interest } & 3,000 \\\hline \text { Salary to owners } & ( 120,000 ) \\\hline \text { Employee wages } & ( 50,000 ) \\\hline \text { Depreciation expense } & ( 12,000 ) \\\hline \text { Miscellaneous expenses } & ( 10,000 ) \\\hline \text { Overall net income } & \$ 354,000 \\\hline\end{array}$$ Required:
a. What amount of ordinary business income is allocated to Jane?
b. What is the amount and character of separately stated items allocated to Jane?
c. What is Jane's basis in her XYZ corp. stock at the end of the year?

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Definitions:

Marginal Revenue

The additional income generated from selling one more unit of a product or service.

Equilibrium

When aggregate demand equals aggregate supply.

MC = MR

A principle in economics stating that profit maximization occurs when a firm's marginal cost (MC) equals its marginal revenue (MR).

Marginal Revenue

The additional income gained from selling one more unit of a good or service.