On January 1, 20X4, Polar Corp. paid $104,000 for $100,000 par value, 9% bonds of Seal Corp. Seal had issued $300,000 of the 10-year bonds on January 1, 20X2 for $360,000. The bonds pay interest semi-annually. Polar had previously purchased 80% of the common stock of Seal on January 1, 20X1, at underlying book value. Polar reported operating income (excluding income from subsidiaries) of $50,000 and Seal reported net income of $30,000 for 20X4. Both companies use straight-line amortization. What amount of interest expense and gain/loss should be included in the 20X4 consolidated income statement

Anderson, a computer engineer, and spouse, who is unemployed, provide more than half of the support for their child, age 23, who is a full-time student and who earns $7,000. they also provide more than half of the support for their older child, age 33, who earns $2,000 during the year. how many dependents may the andersons claim on their joint tax return?

Suppose an economy consists of three sectors: energy (e), manufacturing (m), and agriculture (a). sector e sells 70% of its output to m and 30% to a. sector m sells 30% of its output to e, 50% to a, and retains the rest. sector a sells 15% of its output to e, 30% to m, and retains the rest.

Pennewell publishing inc. (pp) is a zero growth company. it currently has zero debt and its earnings before interest and taxes (ebit) are $80,000. pp's current cost of equity is 10%, and its tax rate is 40%. the firm has 10,000 shares of common stock outstanding selling at a price per share of $48.00. refer to the data for pennewell publishing inc. (pp). pp is considering changing its capital structure to one with 30% debt and 70% equity, based on market values. the debt would have an interest rate of 8%. the new funds would be used to repurchase stock. it is estimated that the increase in risk resulting from the added leverage would cause the required rate of return on equity to rise to 12%. if this plan were carried out, what would be pp's new value of operations? a. $484,359 b. $521,173 c. $584,653 d. $560,748 e. $487,805