Countess Corp. is expected to pay an annual dividend of $4.45 on its common stock in one year. The current stock price is $72.55 per share. The company announced that it will increase its dividend by 3.60 percent annually. What is the company's cost of equity

Coop inc. owns 40% of chicken inc., both coop and chicken are corporations. chicken pays coop a dividend of $10,000 in the current year. chicken also reports financial accounting earnings of $20,000 for that year. assume coop follows the general rule of accounting for investment in chicken. what is the amount and nature of the book-tax difference to coop associated with the dividend distribution (ignoring the dividends received deduction)?