Firm A uses straight-line depreciation. Firm B uses MACRS depreciation. Both firms bought $75,000 worth of equipment last year that has a tax life of 5 years. The 5-year MACRS percentage rates, starting with Year 1, are: 20, 32, 19.2, 11.52, 11.52, and 5.76. Both firms have a marginal tax rate of 34 percent and identical operating cash flows except for the depreciation effects. Given this, you know the:

Suppose that real interest rates increase across europe. this development will u.s. net capital outflow at all u.s. real interest rates. this causes the loanable funds to because net capital outflow is a component of that curve.

Cash flows during the first year of operations for the harman-kardon consulting company were as follows: cash collected from customers, $385,000; cash paid for rent, $49,000; cash paid to employees for services rendered during the year, $129,000; cash paid for utilities, $59,000. in addition, you determine that customers owed the company $69,000 at the end of the year and no bad debts were anticipated. also, the company owed the gas and electric company $2,900 at year-end, and the rent payment was for a two-year period.

Carlton industries is considering a new project that they plan to price at $74.00 per unit. the variable costs are estimated at $39.22 per unit and total fixed costs are estimated at $12,085. the initial investment required is $8,000 and the project has an estimated life of 4 years. the firm requires a return of 8 percent. ignore the effect of taxes. what is the degree of operating leverage at the financial break-even level of output?