w are considered permanent current assets. In addition, the firm has $600,000 invested in capital assets. a. Lear wishes to finance all capital assets and half of its permanent current assets with long-term financing costing 10 percent. Short-term financing currently costs 5 percent. Lear's earnings before interest and taxes are $200,000. Determine Lear's earnings after taxes under this financing plan. The tax rate is 30 percent. b. As an alternative, Lear might wish to finance all capital assets and permanent current assets plus half of its temporary current assets with long-term financing