Gideon Corp. is a reinsurance and financial services company. Gideon strongly believes in evaluating the performance of its stand-alone divisions using financial metrics such as ROI and residual income. For the year ended December 31, 2019, Gideon's CFO received the following information about the performance of the property/casualty division: Sales Revenues Operating Income | Total Assets $ 900 000 225 000 1 500 000 Page 1 of 3 Current Liabilities Debt (Interest rate: 5%) Common Equity (book value) 300 000 400 000 500 000 For the purposes of divisional performance evaluation, Gideon defines investment as total assets, and income as operating income (that is, income before interest and taxes). The firm pays a flat rate of 25% in taxes on its income. Required: 1. What was the net income after taxes of the property/casualty division? 2. What was the division's ROI for the year? 3. Based on Gideon's required rate of return of 8%, what was the property/casualty division's residual income for 2019?

Gideon Corp. is a reinsurance and financial services company. Gideon strongly believes in evaluating the performance of its stand-alone divisions using financial metrics such as ROI and residual income. For the year ended December 31, 2019, Gideon's CFO received the following information about the performance of the property/casualty division: Sales Revenues Operating Income | Total Assets $ 900 000 225 000 1 500 000 Page 1 of 3 Current Liabilities Debt (Interest rate: 5%) Common Equity (book value) 300 000 400 000 500 000 For the purposes of divisional performance evaluation, Gideon defines investment as total assets, and income as operating income (that is, income before interest and taxes). The firm pays a flat rate of 25% in taxes on its income. Required: 1. What was the net income after taxes of the property/casualty division? 2. What was the division's ROI for the year? 3. Based on Gideon's required rate of return of 8%, what was the property/casualty division's residual income for 2019?

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