Question - Mr. Stevens owns 100% of the shares of Stevens Holdings Inc. (SHI) which owns 100% of Fancy Operating Ltd. (FOL). Both SHI and FOL have a December 31 year-end.
The following information pertains to the December 31, 2016 year-ends:
(Neither company paid any dividends in 2015).
Stevens Holdings Inc.
- balance in refundable dividend tax on hand account at December 31, 2015 was $8,000
- received taxable dividend from FOL of $75,000
- received taxable dividend from Canadian Pacific Ltd. of $8,000 on October 31, 2016
- earned interest income of $12,000
- realized a capital gain of $42,000
- paid a capital dividend of $10,500 and a taxable dividend of $50,000 to Mr. Stevens on February 15, 2016
Fancy Operating Ltd.
- balance in refundable dividend tax on hand account at December 31, 2015 was $2,000
- earned active business income of $80,000 and interest income of $7,000
- paid taxable dividends to SHI of $75,000 on July 15, 2016
Required:
(i) Calculate the dividend refund for FOL for 2016.
(ii) Calculate the Part IV tax for SHI for 2016.
(iii) Calculate the dividend refund for SHI for 2016.