Chick 'N Fish is considering two different capital structures. The first option is an all-equity firm with22,500 shares of stock. The second option consists of 18,750 shares of stock plus $120,000 of debt at an interest rate of 7.8 percent. Ignore taxes. What is the break-even level of earnings before interest and taxes (EBIT) between these two options?

Dollywood corporation accumulates the following data concerning a mixed cost, using miles as the activity level. miles driven total cost january 10,000 $16,500 february 8,000 $14,500 march 9,000 $12,500 april 7,000 $12,000 compute the variable and fixed cost elements using the high-low method

Lincoln company has an accounting policy for internal reporting purposes whereby the costs of any research and development projects that are over 70 percent likely to succeed are capitalized and then depreciated over a five-year period with a full year of depreciation in the year of capitalization. in the current year, $400,000 was spent on project one, and it was 55 percent likely to succeed, $600,000 was spent on project two, and it was 65 percent likely to succeed, and $900,000 was spent on project three, and it was 75 percent likely to succeed. in converting the internal financial statements to external financial statements, by how much will net income for the current year have to be reduced? a. $180,000b. $380,000c. $720,000d. $900,000

Why do you think the compensation plans differ at the two firms? in particular, why do you think kaufmann’s pays commissions to salespeople, while parkleigh does not? why does parkleigh offer employees discounts on purchases, while kaufmann’s does not?