Most corporations pay quarterly dividends on their common stock rather than annual dividends. Barring any unusual circumstances during the year, the board raises, lowers, or maintains the current dividend once a year and then pays this dividend out in equal quarterly installments to its shareholders. a. Suppose a company currently pays an annual dividend of $6.00 on its common stock in a single annual installment, and management plans on raising this dividend by 6.25 percent per year indefinitely. If the required return on this stock is 9 percent, what is the current share price

Xinhong company is considering replacing one of its manufacturing machines. the machine has a book value of $39,000 and a remaining useful life of 5 years, at which time its salvage value will be zero. it has a current market value of $49,000. variable manufacturing costs are $33,300 per year for this machine. information on two alternative replacement machines follows. alternative a alternative b cost $ 115,000 $ 117,000 variable manufacturing costs per year 22,900 10,100 1. calculate the total change in net income if alternative a and b is adopted. 2. should xinhong keep or replace its manufacturing machine

The sarbanes-oxley act was passed to question 6 options: prevent fraud at public companies. replace all of the old accounting procedures with new ones. improve the accuracy of the company's financial reporting. both a and c

Apractitioner is engaged to prepare a client's federal income tax return for 2017 and 2018. the practitioner files the 2017 return on the client's behalf and provided copies of the 2017 return and all related documents to the client. after the 2018 return is prepared, the client disputes the fees for the 2018 tax engagement, terminates the relationship, and requests all tax returns and related records. the client has not yet paid for preparation of the 2018 return. under irs circular 230, which records must the practitioner return to the client? a.) notes the practitioner took when meeting with the client about the 2017 and 2018 tax returns. b.) the engagement letter executed by the client for preparation of the 2018 federal income tax return. c.) an appraisal the practitioner prepared in connection with the 2017 federal income tax return. d.) schedules the practitioner prepared, which the client needs to file in its 2018 federal income tax return.