The Fact That 50% of the Interest Income Received by a Corporation

question 37

True/False

The fact that 50% of the interest income received by a corporation is excluded from its taxable income encourages firms to use more debt financing than they would in the absence of this tax law provision.

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Hostile Business Takeover

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Analogy

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Verbal Signpost

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