As a sole proprietorship, you sell tangible products to the public at retail. You will need to pay ______?
a. Sales Tax
b. Services Tax
c. Self-Employment Tax
d. Improvement Tax
e. Both Sales Tax & Self-Employment Tax
1. E. Both sales tax and self-employment tax
Being that a sole proprietorship does not have ownership
separate from the business, we have to pay taxes for both the above
areas.
As a sole proprietorship, you sell tangible products to the public at retail. You will need...
James Jones is the owner of a small retail business operated as a sole proprietorship. During 2017, his business recorded the following items of income and expense: Revenue from inventory sales $ 147,000 Cost of goods sold 33,500 Business license tax 2,400 Rent on retail space 42,000 Supplies 15,000 Wages paid to employees 22,000 Payroll taxes 1,700 Utilities 3,600 A.Compute taxable income attributable to the sole proprietorship by completing Schedule C to be included in James’s 2017 Form 1040. B....
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Andrea would like to organize SHO as either an LLC (taxed as a
sole proprietorship) or a C corporation. In either form, the entity
is expected to generate an 15 percent annual before-tax return on a
$740,000 investment. Andrea’s marginal income tax rate is 35
percent and her tax rate on dividends and capital gains is 15
percent. Andrea will also pay a 3.8 percent net investment income
tax on dividends and capital gains she recognizes. If Andrea
organizes SHO...