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Ultimately, the Board of Directors decides how profits should be spent in a corporation.
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C Corporation in the US must pay taxes on the net profits of the corporation before dividends and taxes. The corporate tax is a progressive tax and the tax brackets start at 15 percent then climb up to 35 percent.
A corporation can be defined as a firm that meets certain legal requirements to be recognized as having a legal existence, as an entity separate and distinct from its owners . Corporations are owned by their stockholders (shareholders ) who share in profits and losses generated through the firm's operations , and have three distinct characteristics
This is a double sided question. The direct answer is that Obama will not raise taxes on S-Corporations. S-Corporations rarely pay taxes. Their profits flow through a schedule K-1 to the owners individual income tax return.If Obama raises personal income taxes, which he probably will, then yes you will pay more.The biggest issue with Obama and S-Corporations is the fact that Obama wants the profits from an S-Corporation to be subject to Social security Taxes. Under present law, an owner of an S-Corporation can take distributions of profits and not pay social security taxes. The only tax you pay on S-Corp profits is federal income taxes. If he does pass this change then owners of S-Corps will pay upwards of 15.3% of their profits for Social Security Taxes. Thus eliminating the need to form an S-Corp.
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a C corporation the corporation is a separate entity who's profits are taxed then what's left of those profits are distributed/shared by the individual share holders who will be taxed on their individual share of the profits. Where as in a S corporation, subchapter corporation, the corporation entity I believe doesn't get taxed only the individual share holders do. Most small businesses are S corporations.
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Ultimately, the Board of Directors decides how profits should be spent in a corporation.
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What financial statement would you analyze to determine if a company distributed any of its profits to its shareholders?
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The goal of a corporation is to maximize profits. Furthermore, the goal of a publicly traded corporation is to maximize value for its shareholders.
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