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question 31

Multiple Choice

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Fly by Night Aviation (FBNA) expects to have net income next year of $24 million and interest expense of $3 million.FBNA's corporate tax rate is 21%.
-IF FBNA increases leverage so that its interest expense rises by $1 million,then the amount its net income will change is closest to:

• A)-$400,000.
• B)-$600,000.
• C)$400,000.
• D)$600,000.

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Definitions:

Payroll Tax

Taxes levied on employers or employees, and are based on the salary or wages of employees. These taxes fund social security and healthcare programs.

Elastic

describes a condition in which the quantity demanded or supplied of a good or service is highly responsive to changes in its price.

Corporate Profits Tax

A levy imposed on the income or profit earned by corporations or analogous legal entities.

Partnerships

A legal form of business operation between two or more individuals who share management and profits.