INCOME STATEMENT Patterson Brothers recently reported an EBITDA of $7.5 million andnet income of $2.1 million. It had $2.0 million of interest expense, and its corporate tax ratewas 30%. What was its charge for depreciation and amortization

$ 1.75 million

Explanation:

EBITDA stands for Earnings  Before Interest, Tax, Depreciation and Amortization. Net Income is Earnings after Interest, Tax, Depreciation and Amortization.

So to find charge for depreciation and amortization we need to reconcile the EBITDA to the Net Income and find the missing figures,

Reconciliation of EBITDA to the Net Income

EBITDA                                                                                $7.5 million

Less Net income                                                               ($2.1 million)

Interest, Tax, Depreciation and Amortization                  $5.4 million

Less Interest expense                                                      ($2.0 million)

Less Corporate tax ($7.5 million - $2.0 million) × 30%  ($1.65 million)

Charge for depreciation and amortization                      $ 1.75 million

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two years ago, when picking flowers in the mountains back of yosemite valley; i found a book. it was blotted and storm-beaten, all of its outer pages were mealy and crumbly. the paper seemed to dissolve like the snow beneath which it had been buried, however, many of the inner pages were well preserved. and although all were more or less stained and torn; whole chapters were easily readable. this is the condition of the great open book of yosemite glaciers today, its granite pages have been torn and blurred by the same storms that wasted the castaway book.