Little Books, Inc. recently reported $3 million of net income. Its EBIT was $6 million, and its tax rate was 40%. What was its interest expense? (Hint: write out the headings for an income statement and then fill in the known values. Then divide $3 million net income by (1-T) to find pre-tax income. The difference between EBIT and taxable income must be the interest expense. Use this same procedure to work some of the other problems.)

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Little Books, Inc. recently reported $3 million of net income. Its EBIT was $6 million, and its tax rate was 40%. What was its interest expense? (Hint: write out the headings for an income statement and then fill in the known values. Then divide $3 million net income by (1-T) to find pre-tax income. The difference between EBIT and taxable income must be the interest expense. Use this same procedure to work some of the other problems.)
 

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