Jabar Corporation, a C corporation, projects that it will have taxable income of $530,000 before incurring any lease expenses. Jabar’s tax rate is 35 percent. Abdul, Jabar’s sole shareholder, has a marginal tax rate of 39.6 percent on ordinary income and 20 percent on dividend income. Jabar always distributes all of its after-tax earnings to Abdul. (Input all answers as positive numbers. Do no round any intermediate percentages. Round your answers to the nearest whole dollar amount. Leave no answer blank. Enter zero if applicable.)

a. What is the amount of the overall tax (corporate level + shareholder level) on Jabar Corp.’s $530,000 pre-lease expense income if Jabar Corp. does not lease property from Abdul and it distributes all of its after-tax earnings to its sole shareholder Abdul (include the net investment income tax in your calculations)?

b. What is the amount of the overall tax on Jabar Corp.’s $530,000 pre-lease expense income if Jabar leases equipment from Abdul at a cost of $53,000 for the year (include the net investment income tax on the dividend and on the rental income received by Abdul)?

c. What is the amount of the overall tax on Jabar Corp.’s $530,000 pre-lease expense income if Jabar Corp. leases equipment from Abdul at a cost of $53,000 for the year but the IRS determines that the fair market value of the lease payments is $48,000 (include the net investment income tax on the dividend and rental income received by Abdul)?

Taxable income before lease payment

Lease payment

Taxable income

Entity tax

After-tax entity earnings

Abdul’s tax on dividends

Abdul’s tax on lease payment

Overall tax