Question - Packard Corporation, a calendar year taxpayer, receives dividend income of $250,000 from a corporation in which it holds a 10% interest. Packard also receives interest income of $35,000 from municipal bonds. (The municipality used the proceeds from the bond issue to construct a library.) Packard borrowed funds to purchase the municipal bonds and pays $20,000 of interest on the loan. Excluding these items, Packard's taxable income is $500,000.
A. What is Packard Corporations taxable income after these items are taken into account?
B. What is Packard Corporations accumulated E&P at the start of next year if its beginning balance this year is $150,000?