Question

Brown Office Supplies recently reported $15,500 of sales, $8,250 of operating costs other than depreciation, and $1,750 of depreciation. It had $9,000 of bonds outstanding that carry a 7.0% interest rate, and its federal-plus-state income tax rate was 40%. How much was the firm's interest expense?a. 4,627

b. 4,870
c. 5,114
d. 5,369
e. 5,638

Answer 1

$630

Step-by-step explanation:

The computation of the firm's interest expense is

= Outstanding bonds × rate of interest

= $9,000 × 7%

= $630

For computing the interest expense, we multiplied the outstanding bond with the interest rate so that the accurate amount could come

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