The following table shows an abbreviated income statement and balance sheet for Quick Burger Corporation for 2019.   INCOME STATEMENT OF QUICK BURGER CORP., 2019 (Figures in $ millions) Net sales $ 27,580   Costs   17,582   Depreciation   1,415   Earnings before interest and taxes (EBIT) $ 8,583   Interest expense   530   Pretax income   8,053   Federal taxes (@ 21%)   1,691   Net income $ 6,362       BALANCE SHEET OF QUICK BURGER CORP., 2019 (Figures in $ millions)   Assets 2019   2018   Liabilities and Shareholders' Equity 2019   2018     Current assets                 Current liabilities                   Cash and marketable securities $ 2,349     $ 2,349     Debt due for repayment   —     $ 406       Receivables   1,388       1,348     Accounts payable $ 3,416       3,156       Inventories   135       130     Total current liabilities $ 3,416     $ 3,562       Other current assets     1,102       629                         Total current assets $ 4,974     $ 4,456                         Fixed assets                 Long-term debt $ 13,646     $ 12,147       Property, plant, and equipment $ 24,690     $ 22,848     Other long-term liabilities   3,070       2,970       Intangible assets (goodwill)   2,817       2,666     Total liabilities $ 20,132     $ 18,679       Other long-term assets   2,996       3,112     Total shareholders’ equity   15,345       14,403       Total assets $ 35,477     $ 33,082     Total liabilities and shareholders’ equity $ 35,477     $ 33,082         In 2019 Quick Burger had capital expenditures of $3,062.     a. Calculate Quick Burger’s free cash flow in 2019. (Enter your answer in millions.)           b. If Quick Burger was financed entirely by equity, how much more tax would the company have paid? (Assume a tax rate of 21%.) (Do not round intermediate calculations. Enter your answer in millions rounded to 2 decimal places.)           c. What would the company’s free cash flow have been if it was all-equity financed? (Enter your answer in millions.)

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The following table shows an abbreviated income statement and balance sheet for Quick Burger Corporation for 2019.

 

INCOME STATEMENT OF QUICK BURGER CORP., 2019
(Figures in $ millions)
Net sales $ 27,580  
Costs   17,582  
Depreciation   1,415  
Earnings before interest and taxes (EBIT) $ 8,583  
Interest expense   530  
Pretax income   8,053  
Federal taxes (@ 21%)   1,691  
Net income $ 6,362  
 

 

BALANCE SHEET OF QUICK BURGER CORP., 2019
(Figures in $ millions)
  Assets 2019   2018   Liabilities and Shareholders' Equity 2019   2018  
  Current assets                 Current liabilities                
  Cash and marketable securities $ 2,349     $ 2,349     Debt due for repayment       $ 406    
  Receivables   1,388       1,348     Accounts payable $ 3,416       3,156    
  Inventories   135       130     Total current liabilities $ 3,416     $ 3,562    
  Other current assets     1,102       629                      
  Total current assets $ 4,974     $ 4,456                      
  Fixed assets                 Long-term debt $ 13,646     $ 12,147    
  Property, plant, and equipment $ 24,690     $ 22,848     Other long-term liabilities   3,070       2,970    
  Intangible assets (goodwill)   2,817       2,666     Total liabilities $ 20,132     $ 18,679    
  Other long-term assets   2,996       3,112     Total shareholders’ equity   15,345       14,403    
  Total assets $ 35,477     $ 33,082     Total liabilities and shareholders’ equity $ 35,477     $ 33,082    
 

 

In 2019 Quick Burger had capital expenditures of $3,062.

 

 

a. Calculate Quick Burger’s free cash flow in 2019. (Enter your answer in millions.)

 

 

 

 

 

b. If Quick Burger was financed entirely by equity, how much more tax would the company have paid? (Assume a tax rate of 21%.) (Do not round intermediate calculations. Enter your answer in millions rounded to 2 decimal places.)

 

 

 

 

 

c. What would the company’s free cash flow have been if it was all-equity financed? (Enter your answer in millions.)

 

 

 

 

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