Intermediate Accounting: Reporting And Analysis
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ISBN: 9781337788281
Author: James M. Wahlen, Jefferson P. Jones, Donald Pagach
Publisher: Cengage Learning
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Chapter 14, Problem 3GI
At the beginning of 2018, corporate tax rates decreased from 35% to 21%. Did this decrease in tax rates increase or decrease the advantage of financing with debt?
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