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Colter Steel has $5,050,000 in assets.
Temporary current assets | $ | 2,100,000 |
Permanent current assets | 1,555,000 | |
Fixed assets | 1,395,000 | |
Total assets | $ | 5,050,000 |
Assume the term structure of interest rates becomes inverted,
with short-term rates going to 14 percent and long-term rates 2
percentage points lower than short-term rates. Earnings before
interest and taxes are $1,070,000. The tax rate is 30
percent.
If long-term financing is perfectly matched (synchronized) with long-term asset needs, and the same is true of short-term financing, what will earnings after taxes be?
Long term financing would be equal to permanent current assets plus fixed assets | ||||
Short term financing would be equal to current assets | ||||
Calculation of interest to finance the assets | ||||
Long term financing | 12%*(1,555,000+1,395,000) | |||
Long term financing | 12%*2950000 | |||
Long term financing | $354,000 | |||
Short term financing | 14%*2100000 | |||
Short term financing | $294,000 | |||
Total interest expense | $648,000 | |||
Calculate earnings after taxes as shown below: | ||||
Earnings before interest and taxes | $1,070,000 | |||
Less: Interest expense | $648,000 | |||
Earnings before taxes | $422,000 | |||
Taxes @ 30% | $126,600 | |||
Earnings after taxes | $295,400 | |||
Thus, earnings after taxes is $295,400 | ||||