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Blue Eyed Beauty Supply is the talk of the town. When Elaine started her business, she had no idea it would evolve to be the number one supplier of cosmetology supply in the region. While her business has been successfully operating as a sole proprietorship for many years, her legal counsel has urged her to form a separate legal entity for a variety of nontax reasons. Elaine will form an LLC but has come to you for advice as to which tax classification is best positioned to pay the least overall tax. She has provided you with her $2024$tax data and the following assumptions to develop an Excel model:$$As a C Corporation, the business will dividend out all earnings after taxes are paid to Elaine$$Elaine is Single and her sole source of income is from her business activities$$It is expected that her business meets the definition of a trade or business for Qualified Business Income deduction purposes$$The business net income before contemplating any taxes:$$Elaine is assuming a reasonable compensation amount of:Required:$1.$Complete the "The tax is:$"$column for the filing status table using a formula$\mathrm{.}2.$Complete the Schedule C tax calculations using VLOOKUP formulas to the $2024$tax brackets$\mathrm{.}3.$Complete the S Corporation tax calculations using VLOOKUP formulas to the $2024$tax brackets$\mathrm{.}4.$Complete the C Corporation tax calculations using VLOOKUP formulas to the $2024$tax brackets.Note: Use the TRUE logical value for VLOOKUP formulas; link to cells C$10$and C$11$as appropriate.Schedule X $-$SingleIf taxable income is over:But not over: $$-$$$11,600\mathrm{.}00$$$11,600\mathrm{.}00$$$47,150\mathrm{.}00$$$47,150\mathrm{.}00$$$100,525\mathrm{.}00$$$100,525\mathrm{.}00$$$191,950\mathrm{.}00$$$191,950\mathrm{.}00$$$243,725\mathrm{.}00$$$243,725\mathrm{.}00$$$609,350\mathrm{.}00$$$609,350\mathrm{.}00$$$-$Schedule CSchedule C Income$$140,000$Self$-$Employment Tax $$19,781\mathrm{.}37$Less: $50\%$Self$-$Employment Tax $$9,890\mathrm{.}69$AGI $$130,109\mathrm{.}32$Less: Standard Deduction $$13,850\mathrm{.}00$Less: QBI $$23,251\mathrm{.}86$Taxable Income: $$93,007$If taxable income is over: $$47,150$But not over: $$100,525$The tax is: $$5,426$Plus tax percentage:$22\%$Plus tax amount: $$10,089$Ordinary Personal Income Tax $$15,515$Overall Total Tax $$35,296$Overall Tax Rate$25\mathrm{.}21\%$S CorporationW$-2$Income$$50,000$Less: Employee Share of Payroll Taxes $$3,825\mathrm{.}00$Net W$-2$Compensation $$46,175\mathrm{.}00$S Corporation Income Before Payroll Tax$$90,000$Less: S Corporation Payroll Tax $$3,825\mathrm{.}00$Other Income $-$S Corp K$-1$$$86,175\mathrm{.}00$AGI $$136,175\mathrm{.}00$Less: Standard Deduction $$13,850\mathrm{.}00$Less: QBI $$17,235\mathrm{.}00$Taxable Income: $$105,090$If taxable income is over: $$100,525$But not over: $$191,950$The tax is: $$17,169$Plus tax percentage:$24\%$Plus tax amount: $$1,096$Ordinary Personal Income Tax $$18,264$Overall Total Tax $$25,914$Overall Tax Rate$18\mathrm{.}51\%$C CorporationW$-2$Income $$50,000$Less: Employee Share of Payroll Taxes $$3,825\mathrm{.}00$Net W$-2$Compensation $$46,175\mathrm{.}00$C Corporation Income Before Payroll Tax $$90,000$Less: C Corporation Payroll Tax $$3,825\mathrm{.}00$C Corporation Taxable Income $$86,175\mathrm{.}00$C Corporation Income Tax $$18,096\mathrm{.}75$AGI$$50,000$Less: Standard Deduction $$13,850\mathrm{.}00$Taxable Income $$36,150$If taxable income is over: $$11,600$But not over: $$47,150$The tax is: $$1,160$Plus tax percentage:$12\%$Plus tax amount: $$2,946$Ordinary Personal Income Tax $$4,106$Dividend From C Corporation $$68,078\mathrm{.}25$Qualified Dividends Tax $($HINT: Some dividends may be taxed at $0\%.)$Total Personal Tax Overall Total Tax Overall Tax Rate

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