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Managerial Accounting

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Author:Carl Warren, Ph.d. Cma William B. Tayler

Publisher:Carl Warren, Ph.d. Cma William B. Tayler

Chapter12: Capital Investment Analysis

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Give examples of possible costs associated with a high level of gearing.
(ii) Discuss how such costs might influence the capital structure of the following.
(1) A medium sized electronic company entering the home computer market and
(2) An established company owning and managing a chain of hotels

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Gearing: It is a relationship between the company’s debt & equity. It shows the proportion of different sources of capital in the company.

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Possible costs associated with high gearing level:

Loan costs: This cost occurs when the market interest rates change which leads to higher loan costs to the company. These additional costs come as a burden for the company.
Interest costs: High debt of a company will lead to high-interest payments to the debtholders. High-interest payments are the costs & can be a burden to the company.
Tax costs: This cost occurs due to changes in the legislative framework like a decrease in tax benefits or an increase in tax rates.

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