Which of the following will prevent a corporation from qualifying as an s corporation? a. deriving more than 40% of its gross receipts from passive income sources. b. having a partnership as a shareholder. c. owning more than 50% of the stock of a domestic corporation. d. having 100 shareholders.

Having a partnership as a shareholder.

Explanation:

An S corporation or an S sub-chapter is a small business corporation that has been allowed by the Internal Revenue Services(IRS) to file its tax as a corporation. IRS recognizes an S corporation as a legal form of business ownership. An S corporation may elect to pass its income and losses deductions directly to the shareholders for federal tax purposes.

For a small business corporation to qualify as an S corporation, it must meet specific requirements. Some of the requirements include

a manufacturer of printed circuit boards uses exponential smoothing with trend to forecast monthly demand of its product. at the end of december, the company wishes to forecast sales for january. the estimate of trend through november has been 200 additional boards sold per month. average sales have been around 1000 units per month. the demand for december was 1100 units. the company uses α = 0.20 and β = 0.10. make a forecast including trend for the month of january.

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