Last year, your company had sales of $16,966,119. The firm's costs of goods sold amounted to 60% of sales. The firm also paid cash operating expenses of $1,000,000, and had $158,869 in depreciation expense. The firm had $450,000 in 9% coupon bonds outstanding and paid $40,000 in dividends to its common stockholders. Also, the firm received $100,000 in dividend income from its holdings of other common stocks. Compute the corporation's taxable income i.e. earnings before taxes.   Group of answer choices $5,687,079 $5,597,079 $5,558,079 $5,647,079 $5,637,079

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Last year, your company had sales of $16,966,119. The firm's costs of goods sold amounted to 60% of sales. The firm also paid cash operating expenses of $1,000,000, and had $158,869 in depreciation expense. The firm had $450,000 in 9% coupon bonds outstanding and paid $40,000 in dividends to its common stockholders. Also, the firm received $100,000 in dividend income from its holdings of other common stocks. Compute the corporation's taxable income i.e. earnings before taxes.  

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$5,687,079

$5,597,079

$5,558,079

$5,647,079

$5,637,079

 

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