Questions from International Accounting


Q: Lionais Company has a foreign branch that earns income before income taxes

Lionais Company has a foreign branch that earns income before income taxes of 500,000 currency units (CU). Income taxes paid to the foreign government are CU 150,000 (30 percent). Sales and other taxe...

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Q: Avioco Limited has two branches located in Hong Kong and Australia,

Avioco Limited has two branches located in Hong Kong and Australia, each of which manufactures goods primarily for export to countries in the Asia Pacific region. The corporate income tax rate in Avio...

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Q: Daisan Company is in the process of deciding where to establish a

Daisan Company is in the process of deciding where to establish a European manufacturing operation: France, Spain, or Sweden. Daisan’s home country does not have a tax treaty with any of these countri...

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Q: Pendleton Company (a U.S. taxpayer) is a

Pendleton Company (a U.S. taxpayer) is a highly diversified company with wholly owned subsidiaries located in South Korea and Japan. The South Korean operation manufactures electric generators that ar...

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Q: Eastwood Company (a U.S.-based company) has

Eastwood Company (a U.S.-based company) has subsidiaries in three countries: X, Y, and Z. All three subsidiaries manufacture and sell products in their host country. Corporate income tax rates in thes...

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Q: .S. International Corporation (USIC), a U.S

.S. International Corporation (USIC), a U.S. taxpayer, has investments in Foreign Entities A–G. Relevant information for these entities for the current fiscal year appears in the fol...

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Q: Heraklion Company (a U.S.-based company) is

Heraklion Company (a U.S.-based company) is considering making an equity investment in an Australian manufacturing operation. The total amount of capital, in Australian dollars (A$), that Heraklion wo...

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Q: The corporate income tax rates in two countries, A and B

The corporate income tax rates in two countries, A and B, are 40 percent and 25 percent, respectively. Additionally, both countries impose a 30 percent withholding tax on dividends paid to foreign inv...

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Q: Intec Corporation (a U.S.-based company) has

Intec Corporation (a U.S.-based company) has a wholly owned subsidiary located in Shanghai, China, that generated income before tax of 500,000 Chinese renminbi (RMB) in the current year. The Chinese s...

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Q: Use the information provided in problem 25. Now assume that Intec

Use the information provided in problem 25. Now assume that Intec Corporation’s Chinese operation is organized as a branch, and repatriates after-tax profits of RMB 200,000 to Intec on October 1. Req...

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