Chapter 9, Problem 3PA

Kenji’s Tax Scenario Kenji is a young professional with taxable income of $138,000 as an advertising account executive.   What is Kenji’s total tax liability?    (Note: Round your answer to the nearest cent, if necessary.)   What is Kenji’s top marginal tax rate?        What is Kenji's average tax rate?

1. A project manager is using the payback method to make the final decision on which project to undertake. The company has a 9% required rate of return and expects a 5% rate of inflation for the following five years. i. ii. What is the non-discounted payback of a project that has cash flows as shown in the table? What is the rate of return? (use equation given in class) Cash Outflow Cash inflow Net Flow Year 10 $500,000 0 1 12. * 0 $75,000 & $50,000 $150,000 3 $200,000 $350,000 4 0 $150,000 5 0 $750,000

Problem 4. Consider the following balance sheet for Watchover Savings Incorporated (in millions): Assets Liabilities and Equity Floating-rate mortgages (currently 12% per annum) Now deposits (currently 8% per $ 82 annum) $ 116 30-year fixed-rate loans (currently 9% per annum) 5-year time deposits (currently 8% per 101 annum) 29 Equity 38 $ 183 Total $ 183 Total a. What is Watchover's expected net interest income at year-end? b. What will be the net interest income at year-end if interest rates rise by 3 percent? c. Using the one-year cumulative repricing gap model, what is the change in the expected net interest income for a 3 percent increase in interest rates?

You are given the following information for Frankenson Pizza Company: Sales = $72,000; Costs = $32,300; Addition to retained earnings = $6,500; Dividends paid = $2,220; Interest expense = $5,200; Tax rate = 23 percent. Calculate the depreciation expense. Note: Do not round intermediate calculations and round your answer to the nearest whole number, e.g., 32.

Assume coupons are paid annually. Here are the prices of three bonds with 10-year maturities. Assume face value is $100. Bond Coupon (%) Price (%) 2 4 8 81.62 98.39 133.42 a. What is the yield to maturity of each bond? b. What is the duration of each bond? Complete this question by entering your answers in the tabs below. Required A Required B What is the yield to maturity of each bond? Note: Do not round intermediate calculations. Enter your answers as a percent rounded to 2 decimal places. Bond Coupon (%) YTM 2 % 4 8 % % Required A Required R Required B What is the duration of each bond? Note: Do not round intermediate calculations. Round your answers to 2 decimal places. Bond Coupon (%) Duration 2 years 4 years 8 years

Two building owners - Alice and Bob - each own a building worth $1,000,000. They are considering forming a mutual insurance pool. Based on historical data, there are three possible fire damage scenarios for each building in a given year: No damage: 85% probability Partial damage: 12% probability, with repair costs of $200,000 Total loss: 3% probability, with a cost of $1,000,000 Calculate the standard deviation of the loss of each owner with pooling (2 buildings together)

Critically evaluate the usefulness of Net Present Value as an investment appraisal.

Sales are $2.90 million, cost of goods sold is $590,000, depreciation expense is $148,000, other operating expenses are $298,000, addition to retained earnings is $1,126,625, dividends per share are $1, tax rate is 21 percent, and number of shares of common stock outstanding is 88,000. LaTonya's Flop Shops has no preferred stock outstanding. Use the above information to calculate the times interest earned ratio for LaTonya's Flop Shops, Incorporated. Note: Round your answer to 2 decimal places. Interest earned times

Two building owners - Alice and Bob - each own a building worth $1,000,000. They are considering forming a mutual insurance pool. Based on historical data, there are three possible fire damage scenarios for each building in a given year: No damage: 85% probability Partial damage: 12% probability, with repair costs of $200,000 Total loss: 3% probability, with a cost of $1,000,000 Calculate the standard deviation