The company had a $22.7 million loss from continuing operations in the prior-year quarter, reflecting a net of $49.5 million,
aftertax, in special items.
CPAs can recommend clients also set aside funds in other
aftertax investment vehicles.
The study's basis for comparison is the
aftertax cost of start-up and operation for 12 specific types of business over a ten-year span.
For investment abroad, they find large estimated tax elasticities of real capital to
aftertax rates of return of about 1.5 in 1984 and of close to 3 in 1992.
A previously disclosed
aftertax restructuring charge in the fourth quarter of $187 million, plus one earlier 1994 gain and two 1993 charges, resulted in profits tripling to $158 million from $51 million.
saw it
aftertax operating loss swell to $163 million, a figure including a $110 million charge for estimated losses on the sale of Pay'n Save, Bi-Mart, and the sporting goods chains.
* Payments for coverage through a state health insurance exchange are made on an
aftertax basis, so choosing to buy your own policy rather than enrolling in your employer's plan may increase your income tax obligation.
With that, pretax earnings from continuing operations tumbled 26.9% to $41.6 million, while
aftertax earnings from ongoing lines slid 25% to $25.8 million.
Taxpayers make contributions with nondeductible
aftertax dollars, so beneficiary withdrawals of principal contributions are tax-free.
They find that even radical modifications, such as raising the value added tax from 18 percent to 25 percent, or substituting a 20 percent flat tax for the current progressive income tax, have only a slight effect on the
aftertax distribution of income.
If he takes his benefits before age 70, he will pay tax and spend, save, or give away the
aftertax amount.
Excluding $1.1 million in
aftertax gains on aircraft exchanges in the 2010 quarter, earnings would have declined 7.2% from $26.5 million.