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Suppose a firm has the following values represented in it's 2018 and 2019 Balance Sheets and Income Statements:
Item | 2018 | 2019 |
Cash | $9,396 | $8,579 |
Inventory | $8,160 | $8,953 |
Accounts Receivable | $7,654 | $7,751 |
Sales Revenue | $178,423 | $175,589 |
Depreciation Expense | $7,849 | $5,692 |
Accounts Payable | $6,574 | $7,076 |
Wages Payable | $6,381 | $7,397 |
Interest Paid | $7,443 | $5,017 |
Taxes Paid | $7,443 | $5,017 |
Paid in capital: Common | $100,000 | $100,000 |
Bank Loans | $88,755 | $84,523 |
Equipment | $81,085 | $87,120 |
Buildings | $169,801 | $173,420 |
Paid in capital: Preferred | $30,000 | $30,000 |
Dividends Paid | $4,002 | $4,073 |
COGS | $53,069 | $53,415 |
Administrative and Sales Expense | $43,017 | $43,516 |
Rent and Lease Expense | $27,264 | $24,904 |
What is the value of the firm's taxable income (pre-tax income) for 2018?
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2018 | 2019 | ||||||
Sales Revenue | $ | 1,78,423 | 1,75,589 | ||||
Less: COGS | 53,069 | 53,415 | |||||
Gross Profit | 1,25,354 | 1,22,174 | |||||
less:Administrative and Sales Expense | 43,017 | 43,516 | |||||
Less: Rent and Lease Expense | 27,264 | 24,904 | |||||
Less :Depreciation | 7,849 | 5,692 | |||||
Earnings before Interest and Taxes (EBIT) | 47,224 | 48,062 | |||||
Less : Interest Paid | 7,443 | 5,017 | |||||
Earnings before Taxes | 39,781 | 43,045 | |||||
Formula Used : | |||||||
Gross Profit = Sales Revenue - COGS | |||||||
Gross Profit = $ 178,423 -$ 53,069 = $ 125,354 | |||||||
EBIT = Gross Profit - Adiministrataive and sales expense - rent and Lease Expense - Depreciation | |||||||
EBIT = $ 125,354 - 43,017-27,264-7,849 = $ 47,224 | |||||||
Taxable Income or Earnings before taxes = EBIT - Interest expense | |||||||
Taxable Income or Earnings before taxes = $ 47,224 - $ 7,443 | |||||||
Taxable Income or Earnings before taxes = $ 39,781 | |||||||
firm's pre tax income for 2018 is $ 39,781 |