New Business Is Just Being Formed by 10 Investors,each of Whom

question 62

Multiple Choice

New Business is just being formed by 10 investors,each of whom will own 10% of the business.The firm is expected to earn $1,200,000 before taxes each year.The corporate tax rate is 34% and the personal tax rate for the firm's investors is 35%.The firm does not need to retain any earnings,so all of its after-tax income will be paid out as dividends to its investors.The investors will have to pay personal taxes on whatever they receive.How much additional spendable income will each investor have if the business is organized as a partnership rather than as a corporation?

• A) $26,520
• B) $32,620
• C) $22,277
• D) $31,824
• E) $32,885

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Definitions:

Demand Curve

A graphical representation showing the relationship between the price of a good and the quantity demanded by consumers.

Price Elasticity

A measure of how much the quantity demanded of a good responds to a change in the price of that good, indicating the sensitivity of consumers to price changes.

Demand Curve

A graph showing the relationship between the price of a good or service and the quantity demanded for it at those prices, typically downward sloping.

Law of Diminishing

A principle that states the incremental utility or benefit gained from consuming additional units of a good or service tends to decrease with each additional unit consumed.