Which of the following should not influence a firm's dividend policy decision? a. The fact that much of the firm's equipment has been leased rather than bought and owned. b. A strong preference by most shareholders for current cash income versus capital gains. c. The fact that Congress is considering changes in the tax law regarding the taxation of dividends versus capital gains. d. Constraints imposed by the firm's bond indenture. e. The firm's ability to accelerate or delay investment projects.

You are evaluating two different silicon wafer milling machines. the techron i costs $285,000, has a three-year life, and has pretax operating costs of $78,000 per year. the techron ii costs $495,000, has a five-year life, and has pretax operating costs of $45,000 per year. for both milling machines, use straight-line depreciation to zero over the project’s life and assume a salvage value of $55,000. if your tax rate is 24 percent and your discount rate is 11 percent, compute the eac for both machines.

Bernard made a gift of $500,000 to his brother in 2014. due to bernard’s prior taxable gifts he paid $200,000 of gift tax. when bernard died in 2019, the applicable gift tax credit had increased. at bernard’s death, what amount related to the $500,000 gift to his brother is included in his gross estate?

What business practice contributed most to andrew carnegie’s ability to form a monopoly?