George operates a business that generated revenues of $67 million and allocable taxable income of $1.42 million. Included in the computation of allocable taxable income were deductible expenses of $248,500 of business interest and $258,500 of depreciation. What is the maximum business interest deduction that George will be eligible to claim this year?

On january 1, 2017, pharoah company issued 10-year, $2,020,000 face value, 6% bonds, at par. each $1,000 bond is convertible into 16 shares of pharoah common stock. pharoah’s net income in 2017 was $317,000, and its tax rate was 40%. the company had 97,000 shares of common stock outstanding throughout 2017. none of the bonds were converted in 2017. (a) compute diluted earnings per share for 2017. (round answer to 2 decimal places, e.g. $2.55.) diluted earnings per share