. Consider a firm with an EBIT of $5,000,000. The firm finances its assets with $20,000,000 debt (costing 5 percent) and 70,000 shares of stock selling at $50.00 per share. To reduce the firm's risk associated with this financial leverage, the firm is considering reducing its debt by $5,000,000 by selling an additional 100,000 shares of stock. The firm is in the 40 percent tax bracket. The change in capital structure will have no effect on the operations of the firm. Thus, EBIT will remain $5,000,000. What is the change in the firm's EPS from this change in capital structure

1tanner invested $135,000 cash along with office equipment valued at $32,400 in the company in exchange for common stock. 2 the company prepaid $7,200 cash for 12 months’ rent for office space. (hint: debit prepaid rent for $7,200.) 3 the company made credit purchases for $16,200 in office equipment and $3,240 in office supplies. payment is due within 10 days. 6 the company completed services for a client and immediately received $2,000 cash. 9 the company completed a $10,800 project for a client, who must pay within 30 days. 13 the company paid $19,440 cash to settle the account payable created on april 3. 19 the company paid $6,000 cash for the premium on a 12-month insurance policy. (hint: debit prepaid insurance for $6,000.) 22 the company received $8,640 cash as partial payment for the work completed on april 9. 25 the company completed work for another client for $2,640 on credit. 28 the company paid $6,200 cash in dividends. 29 the company purchased $1,080 of additional office supplies on credit. 30 the company paid $700 cash for this month’s utility bill. prepare general journal entries to record these transactions. 2. post the journal entries from part 1 to the ledger accounts.

If a firm plans to issue new stock, flotation costs (investment bankers' fees) should not be ignored. there are two approaches to use to account for flotation costs. the first approach is to add the sum of flotation costs for the debt, preferred, and common stock and add them to the initial investment cost. because the investment cost is increased, the project's expected return is reduced so it may not meet the firm's hurdle rate for acceptance of the project. the second approach involves adjusting the cost of common equity as follows: . the difference between the flotation-adjusted cost of equity and the cost of equity calculated without the flotation adjustment represents the flotation cost adjustment. quantitative problem: barton industries expects next year's annual dividend, d1, to be $1.90 and it expects dividends to grow at a constant rate g = 4.3%. the firm's current common stock price, p0, is $22.00. if it needs to issue new common stock, the firm will encounter a 6% flotation cost, f. assume that the cost of equity calculated without the flotation adjustment is 12% and the cost of old common equity is 11.5%. what is the flotation cost adjustment that must be added to its cost of retaine

Jennifer purchased a house in a brand new development in the outskirts of town. when her house was built, the nearest fire department was nearly 20 miles away. as her neighborhood developed, the density of the community called for a new fire department 1.5 miles away. what effect will the new fire station have on her homeowners insurance premium? a. a new fire department will be more demanding on local taxes. her annual premium will go up. b. the location of a fire department has no bearing on the value of her house. her annual premium will stay the same. c. the new fire department will reduce the risk of financial loss in her home. her annual premium should decrease. d. with a fire department so close (less than 5 miles), financial risk on jennifer’s home practically disappears. she will not need to pay insurance anymore.