You would like to estimate the weighted average cost of capital for a new airline business. based on its industry asset beta, you have already estimated an unlevered cost of capital for the firm of 9%. however, the new business will be 25% debt financed, and you anticipate its debt cost of capital will be 6%. if its corporate tax rate is 40%, what is your estimate of its wacc?

On january 15, the end of the first biweekly pay period of the year, north company’s payroll register showed that its employees earned $32,000 of sales salaries. withholdings from the employees’ salaries include fica social security taxes at the rate of 6.2%, fica medicare taxes at the rate of 1.45%, $3,000 of federal income taxes, $772 of medical insurance deductions, and $260 of union dues. no employee earned > $7,000 in this first period. prepare the journal entry to record north company’s january 15 (employee) payroll expenses and liabilities.