Last year, your company had sales of $11,010,980. The firm's costs of goods sold amounted to 60% of sales. The firm also paid cash operating expenses of $1,000,000, and had $173,511 in depreciation expense. The firm had $450,000 in 9% coupon bonds outstanding and paid $40,000 in dividends to its common stockholders. Also, the firm received $100,000 in dividend income from its holdings of other common stocks. Compute the corporation's taxable income i.e. earnings before taxes. SET YOUR CALCULATOR TO 4 DECIMAL PLACES THEN ROUND TO THE NEAREST WHOLE NUMBER AT THE END. DO NOT ENTER THE $ SIGN SYMBOL..i.e. if your answer is 1,000,000 enter it as 1,000,000.

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Last year, your company had sales of
$11,010,980. The firm's costs of goods sold
amounted to 60% of sales. The firm also paid
cash operating expenses of $1,000,000, and
had $173,511 in depreciation expense. The firm
had $450,000 in 9% coupon bonds outstanding
and paid $40,000 in dividends to its common
stockholders. Also, the firm received $100,000
in dividend income from its holdings of other
common stocks. Compute the corporation's
taxable income i.e. earnings before taxes. SET
YOUR CALCULATOR TO 4 DECIMAL PLACES
THEN ROUND TO THE NEAREST WHOLE
NUMBER AT THE END. DO NOT ENTER THE
$ SIGN SYMBOL..i.e. if your answer is
1,000,000 enter it as 1,000,000.
Transcribed Image Text:Last year, your company had sales of $11,010,980. The firm's costs of goods sold amounted to 60% of sales. The firm also paid cash operating expenses of $1,000,000, and had $173,511 in depreciation expense. The firm had $450,000 in 9% coupon bonds outstanding and paid $40,000 in dividends to its common stockholders. Also, the firm received $100,000 in dividend income from its holdings of other common stocks. Compute the corporation's taxable income i.e. earnings before taxes. SET YOUR CALCULATOR TO 4 DECIMAL PLACES THEN ROUND TO THE NEAREST WHOLE NUMBER AT THE END. DO NOT ENTER THE $ SIGN SYMBOL..i.e. if your answer is 1,000,000 enter it as 1,000,000.
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