Catherine's basis was $50,000 in the CAR Partnership just before she received a proportionate current (nonliquidating) distribution consisting of land held for investment with a basis to CAR of $40,000 (value of $60,000), and inventory with a basis of $40,000 (value of $40,000). After the distribution, Catherine's bases in the land and inventory are: a. $25,000 (land); $25,000 (inventory).
b. $60,000 (land); $40,000 (inventory).
c. $10,000 (land); $40,000 (inventory).
d. $40,000 (land); $10,000 (inventory).
e. $40,000 (land); $40,000 (inventory).

The outstanding bonds of the purple fiddle are priced at $898 and mature in nine years. these bonds have a 6 percent coupon and pay interest annually. the firm's tax rate is 35 percent. what is the firm's after tax cost of debt?

Synovec co. is growing quickly. dividends are expected to grow at a rate of 24 percent for the next three years, with the growth rate falling off to a constant 7 percent thereafter. if the required return is 11 percent, and the company just paid a dividend of $2.05, what is the current share price? (do not round intermediate calculations and round your answer to 2 decimal places, e. g., 32.16.)

Problem 9-5. net present value and taxes [lo 1, 2] penguin productions is evaluating a film project. the president of penguin estimates that the film will cost $20,000,000 to produce. in its first year, the film is expected to generate $16,500,000 in net revenue, after which the film will be released to video. video is expected to generate $10,000,000 in net revenue in its first year, $2,500,000 in its second year, and $1,000,000 in its third year. for tax purposes, amortization of the cost of the film will be $12,000,000 in year 1 and $8,000,000 in year 2. the company’s tax rate is 35 percent, and the company requires a 12 percent rate of return on its films. required what is the net present value of the film project? to simplify, assume that all outlays to produce the film occur at time 0. should the company produce the film?