Lear Inc. has $1,030,000 in current assets, $465,000 of which are considered permanent current assets. In addition, the firm has $830,000 invested in fixed assets. a. Lear wishes to finance all fixed assets and half of its permanent current assets with long-term financing costing 9 percent. The balance will be financed with short-term financing, which currently costs 6 percent. Lear's earnings before interest and taxes are $430,000. Determine Lear's earnings after taxes under this financing plan. The tax rate is 40 percent. Earnings after taxes b. As an alternative, Lear might wish to finance all fixed assets and permanent current assets plus half of its temporary current assets with long-term financing and the balance with short-term financing. The same interest rates apply as in part a. Earnings before interest and taxes will be $430,000. What will be Lear's earnings after taxes? The tax rate is 40 percent.

Lichen Plc owns a machine that has a carrying value amount of $85,000 at the year-end of 31 March 2023. Its market value is $78,000 and costs of disposal are estimated at $2,500. A new machine would cost $150,000. Lichen Plc expects it to produce net cash flows of $30,000 per annum for the next three years. The cost of capital of Lichen Plc is 8%. Required: What is the impairment loss on the machine to be recognised in the financial statements at 31 March 2023 (Enter your answer to the nearest whole $).

Intella's current assets total to $20 million versus $10 million of current liabilities, while AWD's current assets are $10 million versus $20 million of current liabilities. Both firms would like to "window dress" their end-of-year financial statements, and to do so they tentatively plan to borrow $10 million on a short-term basis and to then hold the borrowed funds in their cash accounts. Which of the statements below best describes the results of these transactions? OA. The transactions would improve Intella's financial strength as measured by its current ratio but lower AWD's current ratio. O B. The transactions would lower Intella's financial strength as measured by its current ratio but raise AWD's current ratio. O C. The transactions would have no effect on the firm' financial strength as measured by their current ratios. O D. The transactions would lower both firm' financial strength as measured by their current ratios. O E. The transactions would improve both firms' financial…

Ohio Quarry Inc. has $20 million in assets. Its expected operating income (EBIT) is $4 million and its income tax rate is 40 percent. If Ohio Quarry finances 20 percent of its total assets with debt capital, the pretax cost of funds is 10 percent. If the company finances 40 percent of its total assets with debt capital, the pretax cost of funds is 15 percent. Round your answers to the questions below to two decimal places. Determine the rate of return on equity (ROE) under the three different capital structures (0, 20, and 40% debt ratios).0% debt ratio:    % 20% debt ratio:    % 40% debt ratio:    % Which capital structure yields the highest expected ROE? yields the highest expected ROE. Determine the ROE under each of the three capital structures (0, 20, and 40% debt ratios) if expected EBIT decreases by 40 percent.0% debt ratio:    % 20% debt ratio:    % 40% debt ratio:    % Which capital structure yields the highest ROE calculated in part c? yields the highest expected ROE.…