Use the Following Information to Answer the Question(s) Below

question 19

Multiple Choice

Use the following information to answer the question(s) below.
d'Anconia Copper has $200 million in cash that it can use for a share repurchase. Suppose instead that d'Anconia Copper invests the funds in an account paying 5% interest for one year. Assume that the corporate tax rate is 35%, the individual capital gains rate is 15% and the individual rate on ordinary income is 30%.
-Consider the following equation: P_retain = P_cum × The term τ_c in this equation represents:

• A) the corporation's tax rate on interest income.
• B) the investor's tax rate on interest income.
• C) the investor's tax rate on cumulative dividends.
• D) the investor's tax rate on capital gains.

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