Answer:
Open end
Explanation:
Open end otherwise known as mutual fund are those investments offered through fund companies which sells shares directly to investors. In an open end fund investment, there is no limit to the number of shares that can be offered therein. The shares traded are unlimited which means that shares can be issued in as much can be backed up with funds.
The prices for open end funds are fixed once daily which shows the performance of the investment for that day hence the only price at which investment shares can be bought for that day.
The interest income received from older Industrial revenue bonds may be taxable to the holder at regular income tax rates if the holder is:
Answer:
the "substantial user" of the facility built with the proceeds of the issue.
Explanation:
An Industrial revenue bond (IRB) can be defined as any municipal debt security issued by a local or state government agency with respect to a private firm which intend to undergo a particular project such as building facilities, purchasing heavy machinery or equipments.
The interest income received from older Industrial revenue bonds (IRB) may be taxable to the holder at regular income tax rates if the holder is the "substantial user" of the facility built with the proceeds of the issue because in the true sense it is only beneficial to the holder and not the larger community.
Someone offers to buy your car for four, equal annual payments, with the first payment coming 2 years from today. If you think that you could sell your car to another purchaser for an immediate payment of $9,000 and the interest rate is 10%, what is the minimum annual payment that you would accept from this buyer?
Answer:
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If bookstore ABC Books determines it is going to sell books at its profit-maximizing price of $15 in a market facing monopolistic competition, calculate total profit for the store
ABC Books Revenue and Cost
Quantity Price Total Revenue Marginal Revenue Total Cost Marginal Cost
0 $26 $0 $325
10 $23 $230 $23 $365 $4
20 $20 $400 $17 $425 $6
30 $18 $540 $14 $505 $8
40 $16 $640 $10 $605 $10
50 $14 $700 $6 $725 $12
60 $12 $720 $2 $865 $14
Answer: $35
Explanation:
Profit will be the Total Revenue less the total costs involved with selling the goods.
Total Revenue at $16 is $640.
Total Cost at $16 is $605.
Profit = 640 - 605
= $35
Note; Your question has $15 as the maximizing price which is not available in the table. It might be a typo so I attached the question.
Akram owns a small farm. He employs 80 workers in the field and has recently hired a manager to help him manage the farm. The income of the business varies greatly during the year. The farm makes a small profit but Akram is ambitious. He wants to take over a neighbour’s farm and increase the range of crops he sells. He thinks that he needs long-term finance and plans to take out bank loan to pay for the takeover. He has already borrowed money to buy a new tractor. A friend has advised him to form a company and sell shares
Question Completion:
Requirement. Identity two types of short-term finance Akram could use when the farm income is low
Answer:
Akram's Farm
Akram's farm can make good use of the following short-term financing sources:
1. Akram's farm can use Accounts Payable to provide short-term trade finance when the farm buys farm inputs, equipment, and other supplies on credit. The farm's Accounts Payable can provide interest-free trade loans by allowing the farm to take longer time to settle the suppliers. But, the farm should not miss out on cash discounts - an important source of trade finance.
2. Akram's farm can generate finances by ensuring early collections of the Accounts Receivable. Akram's farm can also go ahead and borrow on the accounts receivable through short-term bank loans guaranteed on the accounts. The farm can also factor the accounts receivable by selling them to factoring and finance houses for less.
Explanation:
Akram's farm is still a small farm that is not yet formed as a company. The immediate concentration is growing the entity and starting the processes for changing its corporate status so that it can take advantage of the sources of finance available to companies.
Members of the board of directors of have received the following operating income data for the year ended: May 31, 2018:
Members of the board are surprised that the industrial systems product line is not profitable. They commission a study to determine whether the company should drop the line. Company accountants estimate that dropping industrial systems will decrease fixed cost of goods sold by and decrease fixed selling and administrative expenses by $10,000.
Requirements:
1. Prepare a differential analysis to show whether Safety Point Safety Point should drop the industrial systems product line.
2. Prepare contribution margin income statements to show Safety Point's Safety Point's total operating income under the two alternatives: (a) with the industrial systems line and (b) without the line. Compare the difference between the two alternatives' income numbers to your answer to Requirement 1.
3. What have you learned from the comparison in Requirement 2?
Product Line
Industrial Household
Systems Total
Net Sales Revenue $340,000 $370,000 $710,000
Cost of Goods Sold:
Variable 36,000 46,000 82,000
Fixed 250,000 69,000 319,000
Total Cost of Goods
Sold 286,000 115,000 401,000
Gross Profit 54,000 255,000 309,000
Selling and Administrative Expenses:
Variable 65,000 72,000 137,000
Fixed 45,000 22,000 67,000
Total Selling and Administrative
Expenses 110,000 94,000 204,000
Operating Income
(Loss) ($56,000) $161,000 $105,000
Question Completion:
Safety Point Company accountants estimate that dropping industrial systems will decrease fixed cost of goods sold by $50,000 and decrease fixed selling and administrative expenses by $10,000.
Answer:
Safety Point Company1. Differential Analysis, showing Safety Point Dropping the Industrial Systems Product Line:
Net Sales Revenue $370,000
Cost of Goods Sold:
Variable 46,000
Fixed 269,000
Total Cost of Goods Sold 315,000
Gross Profit 55,000
Selling and Administrative Expenses:
Variable 72,000
Fixed 57,000
Total Selling and Administrative
Expenses 129,000
Operating Income (Loss) ($74,000)
2. Safety Point Company's Contribution Margin Income Statements for the year ended May 31, 2018, under the two alternatives:
Without With
Industrial Systems
Net Sales Revenue $370,000 $710,000
Variable costs:
Cost of Goods Sold 46,000 82,000
Selling and Administrative 72,000 137,000
Total Cost of Goods Sold 118,000 219,000
Contribution Margin 252,000 491,000
Fixed Expenses:
Cost of goods sold 269,000 319,000
Selling and Administrative 57,000 67,000
Total Fixed Expenses 326,000 386,000
Operating Income (Loss) ($74,000) $105,000
3. The comparison in requirement 2 shows that eliminating the Industrial Systems Product Line makes Safety Point Company unprofitable with an operating loss of $74,000. This loss cannot be compared to the total operating income of $105,000 which is made with the industrial systems. So, it is not the Industrial System Product line that is causing Safety Point Company to record a loss of $56,000. It is the fixed cost of $60,000 which cannot be eliminated with the elimination of the Industrial System product line that causes the loss and reduces total operating for the company.
Explanation:
a) Data:
Safety Point
Income Statement for the year ended May 31, 2018:
Product Line
Industrial Household
Systems Systems Total
Net Sales Revenue $340,000 $370,000 $710,000
Cost of Goods Sold:
Variable 36,000 46,000 82,000
Fixed 250,000 69,000 319,000
Total Cost of Goods Sold 286,000 115,000 401,000
Gross Profit 54,000 255,000 309,000
Selling and Administrative Expenses:
Variable 65,000 72,000 137,000
Fixed 45,000 22,000 67,000
Total Selling and Administrative
Expenses 110,000 94,000 204,000
Operating Income (Loss) ($56,000) $161,000 $105,000
A 70-year old client wants to invest in U.S. Treasury securities. When performing the suitability determination, the client informs the registered representative that he is looking for after-tax income, liquidity, and to avoid market risk. The registered representative should be LEAST concerned with the:
Answer: client's age
Explanation:
From the question, we are informed that a 70-year old client wants to invest in U.S. Treasury securities and that when performing the suitability determination, the client informs the registered representative that he is looking for after-tax income, liquidity, and to avoid market risk.
The client's age should be the least the registered representative should be concerned about. Rather, the representative should be concerned with the coupon of the recommended treasury securities and the tax bracket of the client for tax purposes.
Velocity Company estimates the following for the next year, when common stock is expected to trade at a price-earnings ratio of 7. Earnings before interest and taxes $45 million Interest expense $5 million Effective income tax rate 30% Preferred stock dividends $10 million Common shares outstanding 2 million Common stock payout ratio 25% What is Velocity's approximate expected common stock market price per share next year?
Answer:
$63
Explanation:
The computation of the expected common stock market price per share for the next year is shown below:
Price earning ratio = Share price ÷ earning per share
where
Price earning ratio is 7
Earning per share is
= (Net income - preference dividend) ÷ number of common shares outstanding
= {($45 million - $5 million) × (1 - 0.30) - $10 million)} ÷ 2 million shares
= $9
Now placing these values to the above formula
So, the expected common stock market price is
= 7 × $9
= $63
Following is information on two alternative investments being considered by Jolee Company. The company requires a 6% return from its investments. (PV of $1, FV of $1, PVA of $1, and FVA of $1). (Use appropriate factor(s) from the tables provided.) Project A Project B Initial investment $ (174,325 ) $ (152,960 ) Expected net cash flows in year: 1 41,000 44,000 2 60,000 53,000 3 72,295 68,000 4 87,400 81,000 5 59,000 30,000For each alternative project compute the net present value.
Answer and Explanation:
The computation of the net present value is presented in the attachment below:
For project A, the net present value is $91,771.53 and for project B, the net present value is $79,390.69
It is computed after considering the discounting factor that comes from
= 1 ÷ (1 + discount rate)^number of years
for year 1, it is
= 1 ÷ (1 + 0.06)^1
The same applied for the remaining years
The BRS Corporation makes collections on sales according to the following schedule: 40% in month of sale 55% in month following sale 5% in second month following saleThe following sales have been budgeted: Sales April $210,000 May $160,000June $150,000 Budgeted cash collections in June would be:______.a. $150,840.b. $158,000.c. $149,000.d. $150,000.
Answer:
Total cash collection= $158,500
Explanation:
Giving the following information:
Cash collection:
40% in the month of sale
55% in the month following sale
5% in the second month following sale
Sales:
April $210,000
May $160,000
June $150,000
Cash collection June:
Sales in cash from June= 150,000*0.4= 60,000
Sales on account from May= 160,000*0.55= 88,000
Sales on account from April= 210,000*0.05= 10,500
Total cash collection= $158,500
BioGrow Pharma Inc. wanted its research partner, an R&D company, to develop a cancer vaccine. However, the project required huge capital investments, and its research partner was not ready to solely face the risks involved. Thus, to gain its partner's confidence and to prove its involvement, BioGrow Pharma invested $100 million in the project. This investment made by BioGrow Pharma will result in a _____.
Answer: credible commitment
Explanation:
From the question, we are informed that BioGrow Pharma Inc. wanted its research partner, an R&D company, to develop a cancer vaccine but that the project required huge capital investments, and its research partner was not ready to solely face the risks involved.
Therefore, to gain its partner's confidence and to prove its involvement, BioGrow Pharma invested $100 million in the project. This investment made by BioGrow Pharma will result in a credible commitment.
You are calculating the performance of your project. If the actual cost is $80,000, the planned value is $70,000 and the earned value is $65,000, what is the cost performance index?
Answer:
Cost performance index is 81.25%
Explanation:
Actual cost = $80,000
Planned value = $70,000
Earned value = $65,000
Cost performance index (CPI) is the ratio of earned value to actual cost and can be used to estimate the projected cost of completing the project.
CPI = EV / AC
= $65,000 / $80,000
= 0.8125
= 0.8125 x 100
= 81.25%
The firm has total fixed costs of $9 and a constant marginal cost of $3 per unit. The firm will maximize profit with a. 9 units of output. b. 15 units of output. c. 21 units of output. d. 30 units of output.
Answer:
b. 15 units of output.
Explanation:
information regarding sales price and quantity demanded is missing, so I looked it up (see attached file):
units sales revenue total costs profits
9 $216 $36 $180
15 $270 $54 $216
21 $252 $72 $180
30 $90 $99 ($9)
You have been hired by the CFO of Lugones Industries to help estimate its cost of common equity. You have obtained the following data: (1) r d = yield on the firm's bonds = 7.00% and the risk premium over its own debt cost = 4.00%. (2) r RF = 5.00%, RP M = 6.00%, and b = 1.25. (3) D 1 = $1.20, P 0 = $35.00, and g = 8.00% (constant). You were asked to estimate the cost of common based on the three most commonly used methods and then to indicate the difference between the highest and lowest of these estimates. What is that difference?
Answer:
Under CAPM:
Re = Rf + Beta(Rm - Rf)
Rf = 5%
Rm - Rf = 6%
Beta = 1.25
Re = 5% + (1.25 x 6%) = 12.5%
Under dividend discount model:
Re = (Div₁ / P₀) + g
Div₁ = $1.20
P₀ = $35
g = 8%
Re = ($1.20 / $35) + 8% = 11.43%
Under bond yield plus risk premium approach:
Re = Pre-tax cost of debt + risk premium over its own debt
Pre-tax cost of debt = 7%
risk premium over its own debt = 4%
Re = 7% + 4% = 11%
The highest cost of equity results from the CAPM model and it is 12.5% while the lowest results from using the bond yield plus risk approach (11%), the difference is 1.5% between them.
Which of the following items would be a way to manipulate the cash flow from operating activities amount on the statement of cash flows?
a.
Adding depreciation back to net income to determine cash flow from operating activities.
b.
Including interest expense and tax expense in the calculation of cash flow from operating activities.
c.
Recording an item that should be recorded as an operating activity as an investing activity.
d.
The cash flow statement cannot be manipulated.
Answer:
C. Recording an item that should be recorded as an operating activity as an investing activity.
Explanation:
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Ford Motor Company is discussing new ways to recapitalize the firm and raise additional capital. Its current capital structure has a % weight in equity, % in preferred stock, and % in debt. The cost of equity capital is %, the cost of preferred stock is %, and the pretax cost of debt is %. What is the weighted average cost of capital for Ford if its marginal tax rate is %?
Complete Question:
Ford Motor Company is discussing new ways to recapitalize the firm and raise additional capital. Its current capital structure has a 10% weight in equity, 25% in preferred stock, and 65% in debt. The cost of equity capital is 17%, the cost of preferred stock is 11%, and the pretax cost of debt is 9%. What is the weighted average cost of capital for Ford if its marginal tax rate is 40%?
Answer:
7.96%
Explanation:
We can calculate WACC using the formula:
WACC = Cost of equity * Equity %age / 100% +
After Tax Cost of Debt * Debt %age / 100% +
Cost of Preferred Stock * Preferred Stock %age / 100%
Here,
Cost of equity is 17%
Cost of preferred stock is 11%
Post tax cost of debt = Pre-Tax cost * (1 - Tax rate)
This implies,
Post tax cost of debt = 9% * (1 - 40%) = 5.4%
Equity weight is 10% weight in equity
Preferred stock weight is 25%
Debt Weight is 65%
By putting value in the formula given in the attachment, we have:
WACC = 17% * (10% / 100%) + 11% * (25% / 100%) + 5.4% * (65% / 100%)
WACC = 1.7% + 2.75% + 3.51%
WACC = 7.96%
On January 1, the listed spot and futures prices of a Treasury bond were 95.4 and 95.6. You sold $100,000 par value Treasury bonds and purchased one Treasury bond futures contract. One month later, the listed spot price and futures prices were 95 and 94.4, respectively. If you were to liquidate your position, your profits would be a Group of answer choices $125 profit. $1,060.50 loss. None of the options are correct. $125 loss. $1,062.50 profit.
Answer:
None of the options are correct.
Explanation:
We start by calculating the net change of the treasury bond position.
= $95,125 - $95,000
= $125
The long treasury bond position gains $125 after a month.
We will also calculate the net change of the treasury bond futures contract.
= $94,125 - $95,187.50
= -$1,062.50
Therefore, Net profits is;
= $125 - $1,062.50
= -$937.50
Eccles Inc. Eccles Inc., a zero growth firm, has an expected EBIT of $100,000 and a corporate tax rate of 30%. Eccles uses $500,000 of 12.0% debt, and the cost of equity to an unlevered firm in the same risk class is 16.0%. Refer to the data for Eccles Inc. What is the firm's cost of equity according to MM with corporate taxes? a. 25.9% b. 32.0% c. 28.8% d. 21.0% e. 23.3%
Answer:
b) 32%
Explanation:
Formula for calculating cost of equity is given as ;
r levered = r levered + ( debt / equity × ( r unlevered - cost of debt) × ( 1 - tax)
r unlevered is the cost of an unlevered equity = 16.0%
Debt = $500,000
Cost of debt = 12%
Equity = unknown
Firstly, we need to calculate the value of the firm and the formula is denoted by;
EBIT ( 1 - tax ) / Unlevered cost of equity + ( debt × tax )
= $100,000 ( 1 - 30% ) / 16% + ( $500,000 × 30% )
= $100,000 ( 0.7 ) /0.16 + $30,000
= $437,500 + $150,000
= $587,500
r levered = 16% + ( $500,000 / ( $587,500 - $500,000 ) × ( 16% - 12% ) × ( 1 - 30%)
= 0.16 + ( $500,000 / 87,500 ) × 0.04 × ( 0.7 )
= 0.16 + 5.71 × 0.04 × 0.7
= 32%
balance sheet reports assets of $6900000 and liabilities of $2700000. All of Ivanhoe’s assets’ book values approximate their fair value, except for land, which has a fair value that is $410000 greater than its book value. On 12/31/21, Oriole Corporation paid $7030000 to acquire Ivanhoe. What amount of goodwill should Oriole record as a result of this purchase?
Answer: $2,420,000
Explanation:
Goodwill is the amount over the fair value of a company that it is purchased for.
Goodwill = Acquisition price - Net Assets
Net Assets = Assets - Liabilities
= (6,900,000 + 410,000) - 2,700,000
= $4,610,000
Goodwill = 7,030,000 - 4,610,000
= $2,420,000
g Mason Company paid its annual property taxes of $240,000 on February 15, 20X9. Mason also anticipates that its annual repairs expense for 20X9 will be $1,200,000. This amount is usually incurred and paid in July and August when operations are shut down so that machinery and equipment can be repaired. What amount should Mason deduct for property taxes and repairs in each quarter for 20X9?
Answer:
$360,000
Explanation:
The total cost would be estimated as the expense anticipated plus the property taxes paid previously.
Now
Total Cost = $240,000 Property Taxes paid + $1,200,000 Property repairs anticipated
= $1,440,000
Now we will distribute the annual cost over the four quarters which mean we will divide the total annual cost by 4.
Quarterly Expenses = $1,440,000 / 4 = $360,000
When the actual cost of direct materials used exceeds the standard cost, the company must have experienced an unfavorable direct materials price variance.
a. True
b. False
Answer:
True
Explanation:
The cost was bigger than they had budgeted for, so it was an unfavorable variance.
In determining whether a company's financial condition is improving or deteriorating over time, horizontal analysis of financial statement data would be more useful than vertical analysis.a. True
b. False
Answer:
a. True.
Explanation:
In determining whether a company's financial condition is improving or deteriorating over time, horizontal analysis of financial statement data would be more useful than vertical analysis.
In Financial accounting, Horizontal analysis can be defined as an analysis and evaluation of a financial statement which illustrates or gives information about changes in the amount of corresponding financial statement items, benchmarks or financial ratio over a specific period of time. It is one of the most important technique that is used to measure how a business is doing financially. Hence, it is also referred to as the trend analysis.
Under the horizontal analysis of financial statement, we use the financial statements of two or more periods; earliest and latter periods.
Generally, the earliest is chosen as the base period while all other items on the statement for a latter period will be compared with the items on the statement of the base period.
5. Kroger can use __________ gathered from ClickList orders to determine which products they should keep more or less of in stock.
Answer: Data analytics
Explanation:
Data analytics simply has to do withcanalyzing raw data to make conclusions about a particular information. Data analytics is used by organizations in order to optimize their business performance.
Kroger can use data analytics gathered from ClickList orders to determine which products they should keep more or less of in stock.
Byrd Corporation is comparing two different capital structures, an all-equity plan (Plan I) and a levered plan (Plan II). Under Plan I, the company would have 205,000 shares of stock outstanding. Under Plan II, there would be 125,000 shares of stock outstanding and $1.73 million in debt outstanding. The interest rate on the debt is 8 percent and there are no taxes. a. Use MM Proposition I to find the price per share. (Do not round intermediate calculations and round your answer to 2 decimal places, e.g., 32.16.) b. What is the value of the firm under each of the two proposed plans? ((Do not round intermediate calculations and enter your answers in dollars, not millions of dollars, rounded to the nearest whole number, e.g., 1,234,567.)
Answer:
a) $21.63
b) $4,433,125
Explanation:
plan I, total stocks outstanding = 205,000
plan II, total stocks outstanding = 125,000, and $1,730,000 in debt ($1,730,000 x 8% = $138,400 in interests)
under MM proposition I, a firm's total value is equal whether it uses external financing (debt) or not:
205,000P₀ = 125,000P₀ + $1,730,000
205,000P₀ - 125,000P₀ = $1,730,000
80,000P₀ = $1,730,000
P₀ = $1,730,000 / 80,000 = $21.625 = $21.63
the firm's total value = $21.625 x 205,000 = $4,433,125
The difference between total sales revenue and total cost of goods sold is the: A. Trade margin B. Gross marketing contribution C. Net marketing contribution D. All of the above
Answer:
A. Trade margin
Explanation:
The profit obtained from trading operations is known as gross profit or trade margin.This is calculated as sales less costs of goods sold.
The difference between total sales revenue and total cost of goods sold is the gross marketing contribution.
The following information is considered:
When the cost of goods sold is deducted from the sales revenue so the gross marketing contribution should come. Neither it is trade margin, nor net marketing contribution.In other words, the difference is called as gross margin.Therefore we can conclude that the correct option is B.
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On January 1, 2017, Boston Enterprises issues bonds that have a $1,850,000 par value, mature in 20 years, and pay 7% interest semiannually on June 30 and December 31. The bonds are sold at par. 1. How much interest will Boston pay (in cash) to the bondholders every six months
Answer:
Interest per six months =$64,750 .
Explanation:
Bonds are instruments used by companies, governments and other entries to borrow from the public.
They represent a contractual agreement where the borrower commits to pay a percentage of the principal amount borrowed plus the principal amount to the lender or investor.
The proportion of the amount borrowed which is paid as interest is called coupon. The interest payment is computed as the the coupon rate in percentage multiplied by the amount borrowed.
Interest payment = Coupon rate (%) × Nominal Value
Annual interest payment = 7% × 1,850,000 =$129,500
Semi-annual interest payment = Annual interest payment/2
Semi-annual interest payment =129,500 /2 =64,750 .
Interest per six months =$64,750 .
Note we had to divide by 2 because they are two six months in a year.
If the government wants to raise tax revenue, which of the following items are good candidates for an excise tax? Why?
a. granola bars.
b. cigarettes.
c. toilet paper.
d. automobile tires.
e. bird feeders.
Answer:
B,C
Explanation:
An excise tax is actually a tax that is levied on a good at purchase.
Cigarettes and tissue paper are good candidates for excise duty. This is because of the fact that both goods are inelastic. There would be no decrease in their consumption if an excise tax is placed on them. People would still purchase them. Tissue paper has no substitute while cigarette would still have buyers regardless of an increase in price.
. A stock is expected to pay a dividend of $0.75 at the end of the year. The required rate of return is rs = 10.5%, and the expected constant growth rate is g = 6.4%. What is the stock's current price
Answer:
The answer is $18.29
Explanation:
We have many formulas to arriving at the stock price but here we use Gordon growth model.
Formula for getting stock price is:
D1/r - g
Where:
D1 - is the next year dividend or expected dividend to be paid next.
r is the rate of return
g is the growth rate
$0.75/0.105 - 0.064
$0.75/0.041
$18.29.
Therefore, the stock's current price is $18.29
Which of the following statements would best characterize someone who is not culturally competent in working with others from different cultures?a. The person varies the rate of their speaking.b. The person uses facial expressions when communicating.c. The person pays attention to verbal and non-verbal behavior.d. The person fills "silence" during conversations.
Answer: The person fills "silence" during conversations
Explanation:
Culture is simply regarded as people's way of life. The way if life include their food, the kind of music they listen to, their religion, language, their beliefs, values etc.
Someone who is not culturally competent in working with others from different cultures would usually be silent during conversations. This is because the person doesn't know much about the culture and can't really be involved in the conversation.
In the Assembly Department of Hannon Company, budgeted and actual manufacturing overhead costs for the month of April 2017 were as follows.
Budget Actual
Indirect materials $14,200 $13,700
Indirect labor 19,100 19,900
Utilities 11,400 12,100
Supervision 4,600 4,600
All costs are controllable by the department manager.
Prepare a responsibility report for April for the cost center.
Answer:
HANNON COMPANY
Assembly Department
Manufacturing Overhead Cost Responsibility Report
For the Month Ended April 30,2017
Controllable Cost Budget$ Actual$ Difference$ Remark
Indirect materials 14,200 13,700 500 Favourable
Indirect Labor 19,100 19,900 -800 Unfavourable
Utilities 11,400 12,100 -700 Unfavourable
Supervision 4,600 4,600 0 None
Total 49,300 50,300 -1,000 Unfavourable
Telecom Systems can issue debt yielding 7 percent. The company is in a 30 percent bracket. What is its aftertax cost of debt
Answer:
After tax cost of debt = 0.049 or 4.9%
Explanation:
The after tax cost of debt is the rate of debt after deducting the benefit from tax savings due to interest payments required by the debt which are deductible before calculating tax. The after tax cost of debt is somewhat an effective cost of debt. It is calculated using the following formula,
After tax cost of debt = Cost of debt * (1 - tax rate)
After tax cost of debt = 0.07 * (1 - 0.3)
After tax cost of debt = 0.049 or 4.9%