Melodic Musical Sales, Inc. is located at 5500 Fourth Avenue, City, ST 98765.

 C:3-66

Melodic Musical Sales, Inc. is located at 5500 Fourth Avenue, City, ST 98765. The corporation uses the calendar year and accrual basis for both book and tax purposes. It is engaged in the sale of musical instruments with an employer identification number (EIN) of XX-2015013. The company incorporated on December 31, 2009, and began business on January 2, 2010.Table C:3-4 contains balance sheet information at January 1, 2013, and December 31, 2013.Table C:3-5 presents an income statement for 2013. These schedules are presented on a book basis. Other information follows the tables.

Estimated Tax Payments (Form 2220):

The corporation deposited estimated tax payments as follows:

April 15, 2013	$120,000
June 17, 2013	241,000
September 16, 2013	290,000
December 16, 2013	290,000
Total	$941,000

Some dates are the 16th or 17th because the 15th falls on a weekend or holiday. Taxable income in 2012 was $1.2 million, and the 2012 tax was $408,000. The corporation earned its 2013 taxable income evenly throughout the year. Therefore, it does not use the annualization or seasonal methods.

TABLE C:3-4Melodic Musical Sales, Inc.—Book Balance Sheet Information

January 1, 2013

December 31, 2013

Account

Debit

Credit

Debit

Credit

Cash

$ 125,614

$ 289,607

Accounts receivable

455,112

529,200

Allowance for doubtful accounts

$ 22,756

$ 26,460

Inventory

2,450,000

3,430,000

Investment in corporate stock

370,000

50,000

Investment in municipal bonds

32,000

32,000

Net current deferred tax asset

12,837

8,996

Cash surrender value of insurance policy

42,000

57,000

Land

300,000

300,000

Buildings

2,000,000

2,000,000

Accumulated depreciation—Buildings

100,000

140,000

Equipment

900,000

2,800,000

Accumulated depreciation—Equipment

150,000

250,000

Trucks

280,000

280,000

Accumulated depreciation—Trucks

84,000

140,000

Accounts payable

340,000

306,000

Notes payable (short-term)

650,000

520,000

Accrued payroll taxes

14,700

18,375

Accrued state income taxes

8,820

14,700

Accrued federal income taxes

127,584

Bonds payable (long-term)

2,500,000

3,000,000

Net noncurrent deferred tax liability

157,287

219,711

Capital stock—Common

980,000

980,000

Retain earnings—unappropriated

1,960,000

4,033,973

Totals

$6,967,563

$6,967,563

$9,776,803

$9,776,803

Inventory and Cost of Goods Sold (Form 1125-A):

The corporation uses the periodic inventory method and prices its inventory using the lower of FIFO cost or market. Only beginning inventory, ending inventory, and purchases should be reflected on Form 1125-A. No other costs or expenses are allocated to cost of goods sold. Note: the corporation is exempt from the uniform capitalization (UNICAP) rules because average gross income for the previous three years was less than $10 million.

Line 9 (a)	Check (ii)
(b), (c) & (d)	Not applicable
(e) & (f)	No

Compensation of Officers (Form 1125-E):

(a)

(b)

(c)

(d)

(f)

Mary Travis

XXX-XX-XXXX

100%

50%

$287,000

John Willis

XXX-XX-XXXX

100%

25%

175,000

Chris Parker

XXX-XX-XXXX

100%

25%

175,000

Total

$637,000

Bad Debts:

For tax purposes, the corporation uses the direct writeoff method of deducting bad debts. For book purposes, the corporation uses an allowance for doubtful accounts. During 2013, the corporation charged $39,200 to the allowance account, such amount representing actual writeoffs for 2013.

TABLE C:3-5Melodic Musical Sales, Inc.—Book Income Statement 2013

Sales		$ 9,800,000
Returns		(245,000)
Net sales		$ 9,555,000
Beginning inventory	$2,450,000
Purchases	5,390,000
Ending inventory	(3,430,000)
Cost of goods sold		(4,410,000)
Gross profit		$ 5,145,000
Expenses:
Amortization	$ –0–
Depreciation	256,000
Repairs	20,384
General ins.	53,900
Net premium-Off. life ins.	44,100
Officer’s compensation	637,000
Other salaries	392,000
Utilities	70,560
Advertising	47,040
Legal and accounting fees	49,000
Charitable contributions	29,400
Payroll taxes	61,250
Interest expense	205,800
Bad debt expense	42,904
Total expenses		(1,909,338)
Gain on sale of equipment		80,000
Interest on municipal bonds		4,900
Net gain on stock sales		48,000
Dividend income		11,760
Net income before income taxes		$ 3,380,322
Federal income tax expense		(1,134,849)
State income tax expense		(73,500)
Net income		$ 2,171,973

Additional Information (Schedule K):

1 b	Accrual
2 a	451140
b	Retail sales
c	Musical instruments
3	No
4 a	No
b	Yes; omit Schedule G
5 a	No
b	No
6-7	No
8	Do not check box
9	Fill in the correct amount
10	3
11	Do not check box
12	Not applicable
13–14	No
15a	No
b	Not applicable
16–18	No

Organizational Expenditures:

The corporation incurred $14,000 of organizational expenditures on January 2, 2009. For book purposes, the corporation expensed the entire expenditure. For tax purposes, the corporation elected under Sec. 248 to deduct $5,000 in 2010 and amortize the remaining $9,000 amount over 180 months, with a full month’s amortization taken for January 2010. The corporation reports this amortization in Part VI of Form 4562 and includes it in “Other Deductions” on Form 1120, Line 26.

Capital Gains and Losses:

The corporation sold 100 shares of PDQ Corp. common stock on October 8, 2013, for $200,000. The corporation acquired the stock on December 15, 2012, for $140,000. The corporation also sold 75 shares of JSB Corp. common stock on June 18, 2013, for $168,000. The corporation acquired this stock on September 18, 2011, for $180,000. The corporation has an $8,000 capital loss carryover from 2011.

Fixed Assets and Depreciation:

For book purposes: The corporation uses straight-line depreciation over the useful lives of assets as follows: Store building, 50 years; Equipment, 15 years (old) and ten years (new); and Trucks, five years. The corporation takes a half-year’s depreciation in the year of acquisition and the year of disposition and assumes no salvage value. The book financial statements inTables C:3-4 and C:3-5 reflect these calculations.

For tax purposes: All assets are MACRS property as follows: Store building, 39-year nonresidential real property; equipment, seven-year property; and trucks, five-year property. The corporation acquired the store building for $2 million and placed it in service on January 2, 2010. The corporation acquired two pieces of equipment for $300,000 (Equipment 1) and $600,000 (Equipment 2) and placed them in service on January 2, 2010. The corporation acquired the trucks for $280,000 and placed them in service on July 18, 2011. The trucks are not listed property and are not subject to the limitation on luxury automobiles. The corporation did not make the expensing election under Sec. 179 or take bonus depreciation on any property acquired before 2013. Accumulated tax depreciation through December 31, 2012, on these properties is as follows:

Store building	$ 151,780
Equipment 1	168,810
Equipment 2	337,620
Trucks	145,600

On October 16, 2013, the corporation sold for $320,000 Equipment 1 that originally cost 300,000 on January 2, 2010. The corporation had no Sec. 1231 losses from prior years. In a separate transaction on October 17, 2013, the corporation acquired and placed in service a piece of equipment costing $2.2 million. Assume these two transactions do not qualify as a like-kind exchange under Reg. Sec. 1.1031(k)-1(a). The new equipment is seven-year property. The corporation made the Sec. 179 expensing election with regard to the new equipment but elected out of bonus depreciation. Where applicable, use published IRS depreciation tables to compute 2013 depreciation (reproduced in Appendix C of this text).

Other Information:

• •The corporation’s activities do not qualify for the U.S. production activities deduction.
• •Ignore the AMT and accumulated earnings tax.
• •The corporation received dividends (see Income Statement inTable C:3-5) from taxable, domestic corporations, the stock of which Melodic Musical Sales, Inc. owns less than 20%.
• •The corporation paid $98,000 in cash dividends to its shareholders during the year and charged the payment directly to retained earnings.
• •The state income tax inTable C:3-5is the exact amount of such taxes incurred during the year.
• •The corporation is not entitled any credits.
• •Ignore the financial statement impact of any underpayment penalties incurred on the tax return.

Required: Prepare the 2013 corporate tax return for Melodic Musical Sales, Inc. along with any necessary supporting schedules.

Optional: Prepare both Schedule M-3 (but omit Schedule B) and Schedule M-1 even though the IRS does not require both Schedule M-1 and Schedule M-3.

Note to Instructor: See solution in the Instructor’s Guide for other optional information to provide to students.