The​ after-tax cost of debt is higher than the​ before-tax cost of debt. True or False

Carmen’s beauty salon has estimated monthly financing requirements for the next six months as follows: january $ 9,000 april $ 9,000 february 3,000 may 10,000 march 4,000 june 5,000 short-term financing will be utilized for the next six months. projected annual interest rates are: january 9 % april 16 % february 10 may 12 march 13 june 12 what long-term interest rate would represent a break-even point between using short-term financing and long-term financing?

Alamar petroleum company offers its employees the option of contributing retirement funds up to 5% of their wages or salaries, with the contribution being matched by alamar. the company also pays 80% of medical and life insurance premiums. deductions relating to these plans and other payroll information for the first biweekly payroll period of february are listed as follows: wages and salaries $ 2,800,000 employee contribution to voluntary retirement plan 92,000 medical insurance premiums 50,000 life insurance premiums 9,800 federal income taxes to be withheld 480,000 local income taxes to be withheld 61,000 payroll taxes: federal unemployment tax rate 0.60 % state unemployment tax rate (after futa deduction) 5.40 % social security tax rate 6.20 % medicare tax rate 1.45 % required: prepare the appropriate journal entries to record salaries and wages expense and payroll tax expense for the biweekly pay period. assume that no employee's cumulative wages exceed the relevant wage bases for social security, and that all employees' cumulative wages do exceed the relevant unemployment wage bases.

Bill is 31 years old, married, and lived with his spouse michelle from january 2018 to september 2018. bill paid all the cost of keeping up his home. he indicated that he is not legally separated and he and michelle agreed they will not a file a joint return. bill has an 8-year-old son, daniel, who qualifies as bill's dependent. bill worked as a clerk and his wages are $20,000 for 2018. his income tax before credits is $500. in 2018, he took a computer class at the local university to improve his job skills. bill has a receipt showing he paid $1,200 for tuition. he paid for all his educational expenses and did not receive any assistance or reimbursement. bill does not have enough deductions to itemize. bill, michelle, and daniel are u. s. citizens with valid social security numbers. 8. bill does not qualify to claim which of the following: a. head of household b. education benefit c. earned income credit d. all of the above