Corporation A decides to borrow 1,000,000 and use the money to ...

[DyllonKazuo]

Corporation A decides to borrow 1,000,000 and use the money to buy back 1,000,000 of its
  common stock.
 
  The corporation pays 6 interest on its borrowed funds which exactly equals the
  amount of the dividend it used to pay on the common stock it repurchased. Therefore,
  A) Corporation A's net income will increase due to the tax deductibility of interest expense.
  B) Corporation A's gross profit will decrease.
  C) Corporation A will have no change in its operating income since the interest expense exactly
  offsets the prior dividend payment.
  D) Corporation A's operating income will decrease due to higher interest expense.

Question 2

Common-sized income statements
 
  A) compare companies with the same level of net income.
  B) compare companies with the same level of total sales.
  C) assist in the comparison of companies of different sizes.
  D) show each income statement account as a percentage of total assets.

[yuyiding]

Answer to Question 1

A

Answer to Question 2

C

[DyllonKazuo]

Thanks for the timely response, appreciate it

[blakcmamba]

Gracias!