Yates Corporation Elects S Status, Effective for Calendar Year 2016

question 132

Multiple Choice

Yates Corporation elects S status, effective for calendar year 2016. Yates' only asset has a basis of $50,200 and a fair market value of $110,400 as of January 1, 2016. The asset is sold at the end of 2016 for $130,800. What amount must Mark Farris, a 60% owner and subject to a 15% income tax rate, pay, if any?

• A)$5,358
• B)$12,642
• C)$21,070
• D)$35,718

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Definitions:

P-value

A statistical measure that helps scientists and researchers determine the significance of their results, representing the probability of observing the collected data, or something more extreme, if the null hypothesis were true.

Z-test Approximation

A statistical method that uses the Z-distribution to approximate the significance of observed differences, typically used when sample sizes are large and the standard deviation is known.

Wilcoxon Test Statistic

A non-parametric test statistic used to compare two paired samples to assess whether their population mean ranks differ.

Null Hypothesis

A hypothesis that assumes no statistical significance or effect exists in a set of observations.