Question

Saginaw Steel Corporation has a precredit U.S. tax of $109,000 on $504,000 of taxable income. Saginaw has $204,000 of foreign source taxable income and paid $64,000 of income taxes to the German government on this income. All of the foreign source income is treated as foreign branch income for foreign tax credit purposes. Saginaw's foreign tax credit on its tax return will be: (Do not round intermediate calculations. Round your answer to nearest whole dollar amount.)

Answer 1

Answer: $44,119

Explanation:

Foreign tax credit should be no more than the amount of tax paid to the foreign government.

The credit will be based on the US tax applicable to the income earned:

= Foreign source taxable income * Precredit U.S. tax / Taxable income

= 204,000 * 109,000 / 504,000

= $44,119