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A firm has a net profits after taxes of $75,600, a 30% tax rate, a 10% interest rate, and a 10 times interest earned ratio. Based on the given information, the firm earnings before interest and taxes equals?
Select one:
a. $100,000
b. $110,000
c. $130,000
d. $120,000
| $ | ||||||||
| 1) | Calculation of Earnings Before Tax (EBT) | |||||||
| Earnings After Tax | 75600 | |||||||
| Add: Tax @ 30% | 32400 | |||||||
| 75600 *30/70 | ||||||||
| Earnings Before Tax | 108000 | |||||||
| (EBT) | ||||||||
| 2) | Calculation of Earnings Before Interest andTax (EBIT) | |||||||
| Interest earned ratio | = | EBIT/Interest expenses | ||||||
| EBIT | = | EBT + Interest expenses | ||||||
| Let Interest expense be x | ||||||||
| Interest earned ratio | = | 10 times | ||||||
| Interest earned ratio | = | EBIT/Interest expenses | ||||||
| Interest earned ratio | = | EBT + Interest expenses/Interest expenses | ||||||
| 10 | = | 108000 + X | ||||||
| X | ||||||||
| 10 X | = | 108000 + X | ||||||
| 10 X - X | = | 108000 | ||||||
| 9 X | = | 108000 | ||||||
| X | = | 108000/9 | ||||||
| X | = | 12000 | ||||||
| Interest Expense | = | 1200 | ||||||
| EBT + Interest Expense | = | 108000+12000 | ||||||
| EBIT | = | 120000 | ||||||
| Earnings Before Interest and Tax is | 120000 | |||||||
| Option d) $ 120000 is correct | ||||||||