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Dividends received from a domestic corporation are totally U.S. source:

A) If the corporation earns at least 80% of its gross income over the immediately preceding three tax years from the active conduct of a U.S. trade or business.
B) If the corporation earns at least 25% of its gross income over the immediately preceding three tax years from the active conduct of a U.S. trade or business.
C) Unless the corporation earns at least 80% of its gross income over the immediately preceding three tax years from the active conduct of a foreign trade or business.
D) Unless the corporation earns at least 25% of its gross income over the immediately preceding three tax years from the active conduct of a foreign trade or business.
E) In all of the above cases.

F) B) and E)
G) A) and D)

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Britta, Inc., a U.S. corporation, reports foreign-source income and pays foreign taxes as follows. Britta's worldwide taxable income is $1,600,000 and U.S. taxes before FTC are $560,000 (assume a 35% tax rate). What is Britta's U.S. tax liability after the FTC?

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Qwan, a U.S. corporation, reports $250,000 interest expense for the tax year. None of the interest relates to nonrecourse debt or loans from affiliated corporations. Qwan's U.S. and foreign assets are reported as follows. ​ How should Qwan assign its interest expense between U.S. and foreign sources to maximize its FTC for the current year?

USCo, a U.S. corporation, reports worldwide taxable income of $500,000, including a $100,000 dividend from ForCo, a wholly-owned foreign corporation. ForCo's undistributed earnings and profits are $1 million and it has paid $200,000 of foreign income taxes attributable to these earnings. What is USCo's deemed paid foreign tax credit related to the dividend received (before consideration of any limitation) ?

ForCo, a subsidiary of a U.S. corporation incorporated in Belgium, manufactures widgets in Belgium and sells the widgets to its 100%-owned subsidiary in Germany. The income from the sale of widgets is not Subpart F foreign base company sales income.

Kunst, a U.S. corporation, generates $100,000 of foreign-source income in the general income basket and $40,000 of foreign-source income in the passive income basket. Kunst's worldwide taxable income is $1,200,000, and its U.S. tax liability before FTC is $420,000. Foreign taxes attributable to the general income basket are $60,000 and to the passive income are $4,000. What is Kunst's foreign tax credit for the tax year?

Dott Corporation generated $300,000 of state taxable income from selling its mapping software in States A and B. For the taxable year, the corporation's activities within the two states were as follows. ​ ​ Dott has determined that it is subject to tax in both A and B. Both states utilize a three-factor apportionment formula which equally weights sales, property, and payroll. The rates of corporate income tax imposed in A and B are 7% and 10%, respectively. Determine Dott's state income tax liability.

José Corporation realized $900,000 taxable income from the sales of its products in States X and Z. José's activities in both states establish nexus for income tax purposes. José's sales, payroll, and property among the states include the following. ​ X utilizes an equally weighted three-factor apportionment formula. How much of José's taxable income is apportioned to X?

Given the following information, determine if FanCo, a foreign corporation, is a CFC. Patricia is Murray's daughter.

Columbia, Inc., a U.S. corporation, receives a $150,000 cash dividend from Starke, Ltd. Columbia owns 15% of Starke. Starke's E & P is $2 million and it has paid foreign taxes of $750,000 attributable to that E & P. What is Columbia's gross income related to the Starke dividend?

A state can levy an income tax on a business only if the business was incorporated in the state.

In which of the following independent situations would Slane, a foreign corporation, be classified as a controlled foreign corporation? The Slane stock is directly owned 12% by Jen, 10% by Kathy, 12% by Leslie, 10% by David, 8% by Ben, and 48% by Mike.

Krebs, Inc., a U.S. corporation, operates an unincorporated branch manufacturing operation in the U.K. Krebs, Inc., reports $900,000 of taxable income from the U.K. branch on its U.S. tax return, along with $1,600,000 of taxable income from its U.S. operations. The U.K. branch income is all general limitation basket income. Krebs paid $270,000 in U.K. income taxes related to the $900,000 in branch income. Assuming a U.S. tax rate of 35%, what is Krebs' U.S. tax liability after any allowable foreign tax credits?

Without the foreign tax credit, double taxation would result when:

Mercy Corporation, headquartered in State F, sells wireless computer devices, including keyboards and bar code readers. Mercy's degree of operations is sufficient to establish nexus only in States E and F. Determine its sales factor in those states. State E applies a throwback rule to sales, while State F does not. State G has not adopted an income tax to date. Mercy reported the following sales for the year. All of the goods were shipped from Mercy's F manufacturing facilities.

Compute Still Corporation's State Q taxable income and tax liability for the year.

Politicians frequently use tax credits and exemptions to create economic development incentives.

Chipper, Inc., a U.S. corporation, reports worldwide taxable income of $1 million, including a $300,000 dividend from Emma, Inc., a foreign corporation. Chipper's U.S. tax liability before FTC is $340,000. Chipper owns 20% of Emma. Emma's E & P after taxes is $8 million and it has paid foreign taxes of $2 million attributable to that E & P. If Chipper elects the FTC, its U.S. gross income with regard to the dividend from Emma is:

A unitary group of entities files a combined return that includes all of the affiliates' income and apportionment data.

Which of the following persons typically is not concerned with the U.S.-sourcing rules for gross income?