question archive adionFaux Industries Ltd
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adionFaux Industries Ltd. (RIL) is a Canadian
controlled private corporation, located at 123
ABC Street in Ottawa, Ontario K4E 1A1. Its On
tario Corporation tax account number is
1234567. Its phone number is (613) 111-1111. It was incorporated on February 24, 1990 in
Ottawa.
Thegovernment'sCrownCopyrightnolongerpermitsustousefakeBusinessNumbersinsoft
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ware problems. To reduce the number of ProFil
e's error messages because of this, enter NR
(for not registered) in the Business Number field.
TheCompanyhas1,000sharesofcommonstockissuedandoutstanding,allofwhichareheld
by Margaret Ottawa (SIN 527-000-301).
Ms. Ottawa, the president and director of the Company, is the person who should be
contacted with respect to matters concerning the Company's books and records. She is the
authorized person as well as the signing officer.
RIL is a retailer of pet supplies. All of its sales occur within Canada. It has net assets of
$235,000 on December 31, 2018. This includes a few
investments that Ms. Ottawa inherited
from her father two years earlier.
RIL owns all of the 500 common shares of OttawaFaux Inc., which holds most of the invest-
ments Ms. Ottawa inherited from her father. The common shares have a book value of
$1,200,000. OttawaFauxInc.hasthesamelocati
onandphonenumberasRadionFauxIndus-
tries Ltd. OttawaFaux Inc. has a December 31 fisc
al year end. Enter NR (for not registered) in
the Business Number field for OttawaFaux Inc.
OttawaFaux Inc. is also involved in earning active business income through the breeding and
sale of championship dogs. It has total assets of $2,000,000 and total revenues for 2018 of
$200,000. Its Taxable Capital Employed I
n Canada was $350,000 as at December 31, 2017,
and $365,000 as at December 31, 2018.
The following information applied to RIL:
Taxable Capital Employed In Canada - 2017 $328,000
Taxable Capital Employed In Canada - 2018 411,000
Total Assets As At December 31, 2018 750,000
RDTOH As At December 31, 2017 5,200
Dividends Declared And Paid During 2017 Nil
GRIP Balance As At December 31, 2017 11,750
Capital Dividend Account As At December 31, 2017 6,000
RIL does not use International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS). For the taxation year
ending December 31, 2018, RIL's Income Stateme
nt, before any deduction for income taxes,
wasasfollows:
Tax Software Assignment Problem Fourteen - 1
(Updated For 2018) Page 1
Sales Revenues $580,000
Interest On Long-Term Debt 27,500
Interest Received On Foreign Bank Account (Note 1) 18,000
Eligible Dividends On Royal Bank Shares 17,500
Non-Eligible Dividends From OttawaFaux Inc. (Note 2) 42,000
Gain On Sale Of Shares (Note 3) 27,000
Total Revenues $712,000
Cost Of Goods Sold $208,000
Amortization Expense 122,000
Other Operating Expenses 147,000
Total Expenses (Excluding Taxes) $477,000
Net Income (Before Taxes) $235,000
Note 1
This interest is net of $2,000 in taxes withheld in Ireland.
Note 2
As a result of paying this $42,000 in dividends to RIL, OttawaFaux Inc.
received a dividend refund of $14,000.
Note 3
On March 23, 2018, RIL sold 2,700 shares of Canadian Imperial Bank of
Commerce. The common shares had cost $118,800 on June 6, 2015 and were sold
for net proceeds of $145,800.
Other Information
:
1. Expensesincludeadeductionfor charitable
donationstotheOttawaCivicHospital inthe
amount of $5,000.
2. RIL's Expenses include penalties of $3,500
resulting from a judgment in the Tax Court Of
Canada.
3. RIL reimbursed Ms. Ottawa $34,000 for business meals and entertainment for clients and
suppliers during the year.
4. During the year, RIL incurred $20,000 in la
ndscaping costs. For accounting purposes
these are being treated as a capital asset, to be amortized using the straight-line method
over10years. TherelatedamortizationisincludedintheAmortizationExpenseshownon
the Income Statement.
5. TheopeningUCC balanceswere$246,000 for Class1, $135,000 for Class8 and $90,000
for Class 10. The only fixed asset disposition during the year was the sale of a delivery
truck. The truck had cost $35,000 and was sold for its net book value of $12,000. The
only fixed asset acquisition was $52,
000 in office furniture on April 1, 2018.
6. During 2018, RIL paid taxable dividends o
f $92,000. Of these dividends, $25,000 was
designatedaseligible. OnSeptember1,2018,RILalsoelectstopaythemaximumcapital
dividend allowable.
7. RILallocates$60,000oftheannualbusinesslimittoOttawaFauxInc. Thisis$5,000more
than OttawaFaux Inc. can utilize in 2018, but RIL cannot use the excess.
8. RIL paid quarterly income tax instalments of $8,000 each on the 20th of March, June,
September and December during 2018.
9. RIL has a website describing the products i
t carries, but no income is generated from the
website.
Required
: Prepare the federal corporate tax return for RIL for the 2018 taxation year using
theProFileT2corporatesoftwareprogram. OntheProFilescheduletitled"Info",theFiling
question "Complete return from GIFI?" is answered Yes by default, click No