Problem 6-12 Matching asset mix and financing plans [LO3]

Colter Steel has $4,800,000 in assets.

Temporary current assets	$	1,600,000
Permanent current assets		1,530,000
Fixed assets		1,670,000
Total assets	$	4,800,000

Short-term rates are 12 percent. Long-term rates are 17 percent. Earnings before interest and taxes are $1,020,000. The tax rate is 40 percent.

If long-term financing is perfectly matched (synchronized) with long-term asset needs, and the same is true of short-term financing, what will earnings after taxes be?

Earnings after taxes

$

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