NexusTech is a$$ U$.$S$.-$based multinational manufacturing firm with$$ wholly$-$owned subsidiaries in$$ Brazil, Germany, and$$ China, in addition to domestic operations in the United States. NexusTech is traded on the NASDAQ. NexusTech currently has $655$ comma $000$ shares outstanding. The basic operating characteristics of the various business units is as$$ follows: see photo NexusTech must pay corporate income tax in each country in which it currently has operations.

a$.$ After deducting taxes in each$$ country, what are$$ NexusTech's consolidated earnings and consolidated earnings per share in U$.$S$.$ dollars?

All MNEs attempt to minimize their global tax liabilities. Answer the following questions regarding$$ NexusTech's global tax$$ liabilities:

b$.$ What is the total amountlong dashin U$.$S$.$ dollarslong dashthat $$NexusTech$\text{'}$s is paying across its global business in corporate income$$ taxes?

c$.$ What is$$ NexusTech's effective tax rate$($total taxes paid as a proportion of$$ pre$-$tax profit$)?$

d$.$ What would be the impact on$$ NexusTech's EPS and global effective tax rate if Germany instituted a corporate tax reduction to $28\%,$ and$$ NexusTech's earnings before tax in Germany rose to euro $4$ comma $950$ comma $000?$