Exam 1: An Overview of Financial Management

Assume that the corporate tax rate is 35% and the personal tax rate is 38%. The founders of a newly formed business are debating between setting up the firm as a partnership versus a corporation. The firm will not need to retain any earnings, so all of its after-tax income will be paid out to its investors, who will have to pay personal taxes on whatever they receive. What is the difference in the percentage of the firm's pre-tax income that investors actually receive and can spend under the corporate and partnership forms of organization?

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Question 21

New Business is just being formed by 10 investors, each of whom will own 10% of the business. The firm is expected to earn $1,000,000 before taxes each year. The corporate tax rate is 35% and the personal tax rate for the firm's investors is 38%. 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?

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Question 22

Which of the following statements is CORRECT?

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Question 23

Some partners in a partnership may have different rights, privileges, and responsibilities than other partners.

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Question 24

Which of the following statements is CORRECT?

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Question 25

Which of the following statements is CORRECT?

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Question 26

One disadvantage of forming a corporation rather than a partnership is that this makes it more difficult for the firm's investors to transfer their ownership interests.

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Question 27

Which of the following statements is CORRECT?

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Question 28

Which of the following statements is CORRECT?

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Question 29

Which of the following statements is CORRECT?

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Question 30

Which of the following mechanisms would be most likely to help motivate managers to act in the best interests of shareholders?

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Question 31

If a corporation elects to be taxed as an S corporation, then it can avoid the corporate tax. However, its stockholders will have to pay personal taxes on the firm's net income.

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Question 32

In order to maximize its shareholders' value, a firm's management must attempt to maximize the stock price on a specific target date.

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Question 33

Which of the following statements is CORRECT?

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Question 34

Which of the following statements is CORRECT?

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Question 35

A disadvantage of the corporate form of organization is that corporate stockholders are more exposed to personal liabilities in the event of bankruptcy than are investors in a typical partnership.

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Question 36

Which of the following statements is CORRECT?

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Question 37

Which of the following statements is CORRECT?

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Question 38

The board of directors is the highest ranking body in a corporation, and the chairman of the board is the highest ranking individual. The CEO generally works under the board and its chairman, and the board generally has the authority to remove the CEO under certain conditions. The CEO, however, cannot remove the board, but he or she can endeavor to have the board voted out and a new board voted in should a conflict arise. It is possible for a person to simultaneously serve as CEO and chairman of the board, though many corporate control experts believe it is bad to vest both offices in the same person.

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Question 39

The more capital a firm is likely to require, the greater the probability that it will be organized as a corporation.

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Which of the following statements is CORRECT?

Some partners in a partnership may have different rights, privileges, and responsibilities than other partners.

Which of the following statements is CORRECT?

Which of the following statements is CORRECT?

One disadvantage of forming a corporation rather than a partnership is that this makes it more difficult for the firm's investors to transfer their ownership interests.

Which of the following statements is CORRECT?

Which of the following statements is CORRECT?

Which of the following statements is CORRECT?

Which of the following mechanisms would be most likely to help motivate managers to act in the best interests of shareholders?

If a corporation elects to be taxed as an S corporation, then it can avoid the corporate tax. However, its stockholders will have to pay personal taxes on the firm's net income.

In order to maximize its shareholders' value, a firm's management must attempt to maximize the stock price on a specific target date.

Which of the following statements is CORRECT?

Which of the following statements is CORRECT?

A disadvantage of the corporate form of organization is that corporate stockholders are more exposed to personal liabilities in the event of bankruptcy than are investors in a typical partnership.

Which of the following statements is CORRECT?

Which of the following statements is CORRECT?

The more capital a firm is likely to require, the greater the probability that it will be organized as a corporation.

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