increase the likelihood that a company would increase its debt ratio in its capital structure? a. An increase in costs incurred when filing for bankruptcy. b. An increase in the corporate tax rate. c. An increase in the personal tax rate. d. None of the statements above is correct. ANSWER: B An increase in the corporate tax rate would mean that firms would get larger tax breaks for interest payments. Therefore‚ firms have an incentive to increase interest payments‚ in order to reduce taxes.
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Business Structures Selecting the correct method of incorporating and running a business depends on many variables. Specifically with the sole proprietorship‚ partnership‚ corporations‚ general corporations‚ subchapter S‚ limited liability corporation‚ an analysis of the advantages and disadvantages provides a deeper understanding of companies that operate under these monikers. The diversity of these individual methods well defines the types of businesses they correlate to‚ further diversifying
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create more value for business organizations‚ how to comprehensively make the most effective investment‚ financing and operating decisions becomes more crucial. Among these decisions‚ the optimization of capital structure has a great influence on the performance of the companies‚ for a reasonable capital structure can decrease the financing cost‚ take advantage of the financial leverage and play an important role in corporation governance. Given the importance of capital structure‚ this essay will firstly
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University of Birmingham Birmingham Business School BSc Accounting and Finance Capital structure and shareholder return in Chinese banking industry Your Name Your Registration Number (07 14856) Extended Essay 2011-2012 Supervisor’s Name The length of the main body of the essay: 5‚770 words Index Abstract In June 2004‚ Basel II was published and it required banks to set up risk and capital management requirements so as to ensure adequate capital for the risks‚ to which the banks
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Describe briefly Intel’s current capital structure. Discuss whether in your view this capital structure is optimal for Intel‚ with particular emphasis on the pros and cons of Intel’s substantial cash holdings. Articulate and defend a “target” capital structure for Intel. Cee Capital Structure As shown in the financial income statement (Exhibit3)‚ Intel Corp. (INTC) has a capital structure consisting most of equity. Intel has very little debt in its capital structure and the cost of debt would have
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Siemens AG Financial Analysis Capital Structure and current financial situation 12/5/2012 Andon Pavlov‚ 296181 Company Review Siemens AG is a German multinational engineering and electronics conglomerate company headquartered in Munich‚ Germany. It is the largest Europe-based electronics and electrical engineering company. Siemens’ principal activities are in the fields of industry‚ energy‚ transportation and healthcare. It is organized into five main divisions: Industry‚ Energy‚ Healthcare
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Corporate Finance (tutorial) Petra Buzková Jitka Lešanovská February 26‚ 2013 Exercise 1 The market value of a firm with $500‚000 of debt is $1‚700‚000. The pre-tax interest rate on debt is 10% p.a.‚ and the company is in the 34% tax bracket; the company expects $306‚000 of earnings before interest and taxes every year in perpetuity. What would be the value of the firm if it was financed entirely with equity? What amount of the firm’s annual earnings is available to stockholders?
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“DETERMINANTS OF CAPITAL STRUCTURE IN PAKISTAN” Capital structure refers to the combination of asset financing from different available sources. Normally the companies have two choices‚ either to finance the assets from internal source that is termed as retained earnings or from external source that splits into debt and equity. A firm’s capital structure is than the composition of its liabilities. In reality‚ capital structure of firms may be highly complex and consist of number of sources. These
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Depot…………………………………………………………………………....4 Business risks related to capital structure…………………………………………………………5 Financial risk related to capital structure………………………………………………………….5 Home Depots Financial Status………….…………………………………………………............6 Future and Flexibility of Home Depot….…………………………………………………………7 Conclusion………………………………………………………………………………………...8 References…………………………………………………………………………………………9 Abstract When
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INTRODUCTION 1.1 Background The main theme of capital structure is the reasoning that it is the blend of two main financial variables which are liabilities that includes debt and the second one is also a kind of liability retained earnings or equity. These are the main variables that are involved in the asset financing of an organization. The major decision that is made in finance is about the capital structure. There are many theories about capital structure. Except of those theories there is the major
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