The goodsmith charitable foundation, which is tax-exempt, issued debt last year at 8 percent to finance a new playground facility in los angeles. this year the cost of debt is 25 percent higher; that is, firms that paid 10 percent for debt last year will be paying 12.50 percent this year. a. if the goodsmith charitable foundation borrowed money this year, what would the aftertax cost of debt be, based on their cost last year and the 25 percent increase?

Amanda rice has just arranged to purchase a $640,000 vacation home in the bahamas with a 20 percent down payment. the mortgage has a 7 percent apr compounded monthly and calls for equal monthly payments over the next 30 years. her first payment will be due one month from now. however, the mortgage has an eight-year balloon payment, meaning that the balance of the loan must be paid off at the end of year 8. there were no other transaction costs or finance charges. how much will amanda’s balloon payment be in eight years

You are the manager of the packaging department in a cookie factory. (obviously, the packaging employees cannot eat the cookies that are transferred in during the period.) after your employees insert cookies into colorful packages (step 1) for display on store shelves, the packages of cookies are then boxed using cardboard cartons (step 2) for shipment to stores. each unit of product is represented by a carton of packaged cookies. the packaging department began the period with 1,000 units of cookies. during the period, 5,000 units of cookies were transferred in from the baking department and 5,500 units of cookies were transferred out to the finished goods department. the number of units of cookies in the ending inventory of the packaging department equals:

According to herman, one of the differences of managing a nonprofit versus a for-profit corporation is