Question

Tomas owns a sole proprietorship, and Lucy is the sole shareholder of a C corporation. In the current year, both businesses make a net profit of $60,000. Neither business distributes any funds to the owners in the year. For the current year, Tomas must report $60,000 of income on his individual tax return, but Lucy is not required to report any income from the corporation on her individual tax return.a. True
b. False

Answer 1

Answer:

True

Explanation:

While a sole proprietor is expected to report his business income or loss on his personal tax form as the business is not considered  for separate tax , a c corporation shareholders are taxed based on the dividends received from the business profit and the entire profit taxed for the corporation tax.

As no profit was distributed to the owners , there was no personal tax basis for Lucy but only the corporation tax that will be charged on the business net profit.This could have been a tax avoidance method adopted by Lucy to reduce his tax liabilities as a sole share holder.