XYZ is a calendar-year corporation that began business on January 1, 2022. For the year, it reported the following information in its current-year audited income statement. Notes with important tax information are provided below. Use Exhibit 16-6.
XYZ corporation Income statement For current year Book Income
Revenue from sales $ 44,400,000
Cost of Goods Sold (29,970,000)
Gross profit $ 14,430,000
Other income:
Income from investment in corporate stock 300,0001
Interest income 37,6002
Capital gains (losses) (4,000)
Gain or loss from disposition of fixed assets 3,0003
Miscellaneous income 50,000
Gross Income $ 14,816,600
Expenses:
Compensation (7,544,000)⁴
Stock option compensation (244,000)⁵
Advertising (1,394,000)
Repairs and Maintenance (97,000)
Rent (44,000)
Bad Debt expense (63,000)⁶
Depreciation (1,950,000)⁷
Warranty expenses (114,000)⁸
Charitable donations (500,000)⁹
Meals (all from restaurants) (22,400)
Goodwill impairment (41,000)¹⁰
Organizational expenditures (39,500)¹¹
Other expenses (184,000)¹²
Total expenses $ (12,236,900)
Income before taxes $ 2,579,700
Provision for income taxes (400,000)¹³
Net Income after taxes $ 2,179,700
1. XYZ owns 30% of the outstanding Hobble Corporation (HC) stock. Hobble Corporation reported $1,000,000 of income for the year. XYZ accounted for its investment in HC under the equity method, and it recorded its pro rata share of HC's earnings for the year. HC also distributed a $200,000 dividend to XYZ. For tax purposes, HC reports the actual dividend received as income, not the pro rata share of HC's earnings.
2. Of the $37,600 interest income, $9,400 was from a City of Seattle bond, $11,400 was from a Tacoma City bond, $10,400 was from a fully taxable corporate bond, and the remaining $6,400 was from a money market account.
3. This gain is from equipment that XYZ purchased in February and sold in December (i.e., it does not qualify as §1231 gain).
4. This includes total officer compensation of $2,500,000 (no one officer received more than $1,000,000 compensation).
5. This amount is the portion of incentive stock option compensation that was expensed during the year (recipients are officers).
6. XYZ actually wrote off $38,000 of its accounts receivable as uncollectible.
7. Tax depreciation was $2,450,000.
8. In the current year, XYZ did not make any actual payments on warranties it provided to customers.
9. XYZ made $500,000 of cash contributions to charities during the year
10. On July 1 of this year, XYZ acquired the assets of another business. In the process, it acquired $366,000 of goodwill. At the end of the year, XYZ wrote off $41,000 of the goodwill as impaired.
11. XYZ expensed all of its organizational expenditures for book purposes. XYZ expensed the maximum amount of organizational expenditures allowed for tax purposes.
12. The other expenses do not contain any items with book–tax differences.
13. This is an estimated tax provision (federal tax expense) for the year. Assume that XYZ is not subject to state income taxes.
Required:
a. Compute XYZ's taxable income.