Question

Cold Goose Metal Works owns 207,500 shares in the Fat Fox Smelting Corp.. If Fat Fox Smelters has 250,000 shares of common stock outstanding, can Cold Goose file a single income tax return that reports the incomes and expenses of both companies? No, because Cold Goose Metal Works’s ownership stake in Fat Fox Smelters is less than or equal to 49%, whereas 50% or more is required by the U.S. Tax Code. Yes, because Cold Goose Metal Works’s ownership stake in Fat Fox Smelters is greater than or equal to 60%, as required by the U.S. Tax Code. Yes, because Cold Goose Metal Works’s ownership stake in Fat Fox Smelters is greater than or equal to 80%, as required by the U.S. Tax Code.

Answer 1

Cold Goose Metal Works and Fat Fox Smelting Corp.

Yes, because Cold Goose Metal Works’s ownership stake in Fat Fox Smelters is greater than or equal to 80%, as required by the U.S. Tax Code.

Step-by-step explanation:

The total percentage of shares owned by Cold Goose Metal Works is 83% (207,500/250,000 x 100). This is more than 80% required.

The relevant section supporting the above is

"Section (2) 80-per cent voting and value test: The ownership of stock of any corporation meets the requirements of this paragraph if it—

(A)possesses at least 80 per cent of the total voting power of the stock of such corporation, and

(B)has a value equal to at least 80 per cent of the total value of the stock of such corporation."