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 $ 27,587   Costs   17,589   Depreciation   1,422   Earnings before interest and taxes (EBIT) $ 8,576   Interest expense   537   Pretax income   8,039   Federal taxes (@ 21%)   1,688   Net income $ 6,351       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 $ 2,356     $ 2,356     Debt due for repayment   —     $ 427       Receivables   1,395       1,355     Accounts payable $ 3,423       3,163       Inventories   142       137     Total current liabilities $ 3,423     $ 3,590       Other current assets     1,109       636                         Total current assets $ 5,002     $ 4,484                         Fixed assets                 Long-term debt $ 13,653     $ 12,154       Property, plant, and equipment $ 24,697     $ 22,855     Other long-term liabilities   3,077       2,977       Intangible assets (goodwill)   2,824       2,673     Total liabilities $ 20,153     $ 18,721       Other long-term assets   3,003       3,119     Total shareholders’ equity   15,373       14,410       Total assets $ 35,526     $ 33,131     Total liabilities and shareholders’ equity $ 35,526     $ 33,131         In 2019 Quick Burger had capital expenditures of $3,069.     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 $ 27,587  
Costs   17,589  
Depreciation   1,422  
Earnings before interest and taxes (EBIT) $ 8,576  
Interest expense   537  
Pretax income   8,039  
Federal taxes (@ 21%)   1,688  
Net income $ 6,351  
 

 

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 $ 2,356     $ 2,356     Debt due for repayment       $ 427    
  Receivables   1,395       1,355     Accounts payable $ 3,423       3,163    
  Inventories   142       137     Total current liabilities $ 3,423     $ 3,590    
  Other current assets     1,109       636                      
  Total current assets $ 5,002     $ 4,484                      
  Fixed assets                 Long-term debt $ 13,653     $ 12,154    
  Property, plant, and equipment $ 24,697     $ 22,855     Other long-term liabilities   3,077       2,977    
  Intangible assets (goodwill)   2,824       2,673     Total liabilities $ 20,153     $ 18,721    
  Other long-term assets   3,003       3,119     Total shareholders’ equity   15,373       14,410    
  Total assets $ 35,526     $ 33,131     Total liabilities and shareholders’ equity $ 35,526     $ 33,131    
 

 

In 2019 Quick Burger had capital expenditures of $3,069.

 

 

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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