Julio and Milania are owners of Falcons Corporation, an S corporation. They each own 50 percent of Falcons Corporation. In year 2, Julio and Milania each received distributions of $25,000 from Falcons Corporation. Falcons Corporation (an S Corporation) Income Statement December 31, Year 1 and Year 2 Sales revenue Cost of goods sold Salary to owners Julio and Milania Employee wages Depreciation expense Section 179 expense Interest income (related to business) Municipal bond income Government fines Overall net income Distributions Year 1 $ 300,000 (40,000) (40,000) (25,000) (60,000) (80,000) (50,000) (20,000) (40,000) (30,000) (50,000) 22,500 4,000 (2,000) $ 174,500 $ 50,000 12,000 1,500 0 Year 2 $430,000 $ 158,500 $ 30,000 a. What amount of ordinary income and separately stated items are allocated to them for year 2 based on the information above? Assume that Falcons Corporation has $200,000 of qualified property (unadjusted basis).

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Fox Corporation reported pretax book income of $5,250,000. During the current year, the reserve for warranties increased by $300,000. In addition, tax depreciation exceeded book depreciation by $400,000. Finally, Fox received $50,400 of tax-exempt interest from municipal bonds. Compute Fox’s current income tax expense or benefit.