What are the advantages and disadvantages of using debt in a firm's capital structure? Advantage/Disadvantage a. A distribution of stock to shareholders can be a nontaxable stock dividend while a distribution of a debt usually results in dividend income. b. Interest is deductible (subject to limitations) by the payor while a dividend payment is not deductible. c. Repayment of an indebtedness generally is treated as a return of capital while a stock redemption generally is treated as a dividend. d. Stock can be received tax-free as part of a corporate formation and/or reorganization while the receipt of debt usually is treated as boot. e. Worthless stock results in an ordinary loss under Sec. 1244 while a worthless debt instrument generally results in a capital loss.

Acompany is developing a new high­performance wax for cross country ski racing. in order to justify the price marketingwants, the wax needs to be very fast. specifically, the mean time to finish their standard test course should be less thanseconds for a former olympic champion. to test it, the champion will ski the course 8 times. the champion's times(selected at random) are 59.9 61.9 48.8 52.2 46.6 45.3 50.6 and 41.1 seconds to complete the test course. complete parts a and b below.a) should they market the wax? assume the assumptions and conditions for appropriate hypothesis testing are metfor the sample.assume=0.05. what are the null and alternative hypotheses? choose the correct answer below.b) suppose they decide not to market the wax after the test, but it turns out that the wax really does lower the champion'saverage time to less thanseconds. what kind of error have they made? explain the impact to the company of such anerror.

Universal containers(us) has an integration with its accounting system that creates tens of thousands of orders inside salesforce in a nightly batch. us wants to add automation that can attempt to match leads and contacts to these orders using the email address field on the insert. us is concerned about the performance of the automation with a large data volume. which tool should uc use to automate this process?

While on vacation in las vegas jennifer, who is from utah, wins a progressive jackpot playing cards worth $15,875 at the casino royale. what implication does she encounter when she goes to collect her prize?