Answer:
a. What is Riverbend’s deductible DRD assuming it owns 10 percent of Hobble Corporation?
b. Assuming the facts in part (a), what is Riverbend’s effective tax rate on the dividend?
current corporate tax rate = 21%, ($250,000 - $175,000) x 21% = $15,750
c. What is Riverbend’s DRD assuming it owns 51 percent of Hobble Corporation?
d. Assuming the facts in part (c), what is Riverbend’s marginal tax rate on the dividend?
e. What is Riverbend’s DRD assuming it owns 87 percent of Hobble Corporation (and is part of the same affiliated group)?
f. Assuming the facts in part (e), what is Riverbend’s marginal tax rate on the dividend?
Explanation:
the dividends received deduction: