Reference no: EM132462097
BC Enterprises Ltd. is a Canadian-controlled private corporation located in Vancouver, British Columbia. For its fiscal year ended December 31, 2019, the corporation had correctly calculated its income for tax purposes under Division B and some of the federal Part I tax as follows:
Domestic sources -
Retail income $ 160,000
Advertising agency loss (80,000)
Rental income from unused warehouse fully rented on a five-year lease 25,000
Retailing income 330,000
Interest on outstanding accounts receivable in retailing business 15,000
Recapture of CCA from sale of fixtures used in retailing business 10,000
Interest income from five-year bonds 20,000
Taxable capital gains net of losses (from active assets) 70,000
Dividends from non-connected taxable Canadian corporations (eligible dividend) 12,000
Foreign sources -
Foreign business income in C$ earned through unincorporated branch in
United States before C$11,500 in income tax paid in United States 45,000
Foreign non-business income in C$ before C$6,000 withheld 40,000
Division B net income for tax purposes $647,000
Division C deductions: charitable donations ($12,500 + $3,000) (15,500)
dividends (Canadian-source) (12,000)
non-capital losses (50,000)
net capital losses (14,000)
Taxable income $555,500
Federal tax @ 38% $211,040
Federal abatement (Note 1) (48,000)
Partial Part I tax correctly computed $163,090
Notes with additional information -
point (1) The corporation has permanent establishments in British Columbia and the state of Washington in the United States. The federal abatement has been correctly computed based on its gross revenue and salary and wages information.
point (2) BC Enterprises Ltd. made the following selected payment during the year:
Charitable donations 12,500
point (3) Four quarterly dividends of $30,000 (non-eligible dividend) were declared at the end of each quarter of the 2019 fiscal year and were paid within two weeks of their declaration. The dividend for the last quarter of 2019 was paid in January 2020. A dividend of $25,000 (non-eligible dividend)declared in the last quarter of 2018 was paid in January 2019.
point (4) BC Enterprises Ltd. had allocated all but $40,000 of its business limit to other associated corporations. Taxable capital does not exceed $10,000,000 within the associated group. The only scientific research and experimental development expenditures of the associated group were made by BC Enterprises Ltd.
point (5) The balances in the tax accounts on December 31, 2018 were:
Charitable donation carryforward $ 3,000
Unused business foreign tax credit 3,500
Non-capital losses from 2014 50,000
Net capital losses from 2015 14,000
Refundable dividend tax on hand (Non-eligible Dividend) 20,000
Dividend refund for 2018 (Non eligible Dividend) 9,000
Required:
Question : Determine, by clearly presenting all component parts and their calculations,
(a) the amount of the small business deduction
Show all calculations whether or not necessary to the final answer.