During a Recent IRS Audit,the Revenue Agent Decided That Roger

question 70

Multiple Choice

During a recent IRS audit,the revenue agent decided that Roger used his closely-held corporation,Dodger Inc.,to avoid shareholder tax by accumulating earnings beyond the reasonable needs of the business.Dodger's taxable income for the year was $500,000 and it paid no dividends.Compute Dodger's accumulated earnings tax,assuming that it had accumulated $130,000 after-tax income in prior years.

• A)$0
• B)$100,000
• C)$76,000
• D)$50,000

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Definitions:

Marginal Propensity

The proportion of an additional increment of income that is spent on consumption. It reflects the change in consumption resulting from a change in income.

Multiplier

A factor by which an initial change in spending will alter total economic output by more than the initial monetary amount.

Marginal Propensity

A measure of how much an individual's consumption changes when their income changes.

Spending Multiplier

A concept in economics that refers to the ratio of a change in output to the initial change in spending that brought it about, indicating the ripple effect of spending through the economy.