Fundamental Accounting Principles
Fundamental Accounting Principles
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ISBN: 9781259536359
Author: John J Wild, Ken Shaw Accounting Professor, Barbara Chiappetta Fundamental Accounting Principles
Publisher: McGraw-Hill Education
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Times Interest Earned: Times Interest Earned is an accounting ratio that indicates a company’s ability to pay the interest expenses when they become due.

1.

To Compute: The times interest earned for Park Company, which reports income before interest expense and income taxes of $1,885,000 and interest expense of $145,000.

To determine

2.

To Interpret: Park Company’s times interest earned (assuming that its competitors average a times interest earned of 4.0).

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