Osprey Company Had a Net Loss of $200,000 from Merchandising

question 31

Essay

Osprey Company had a net loss of $200,000 from merchandising operations in 2010,its first year of operations.Mary,the sole owner of Osprey,works full time in the business.She has a large amount of income from other sources and is in the 35% marginal tax bracket irrespective of Osprey.Considering this information,compare the affect of Osprey's loss to Mary under the various types of entity forms discussed in the chapter.

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