Question

Companies generate income from their "regular" operations and from other sources like interest earned on the securities they hold, which is called non-operating income. Lindley Textiles recently reported $12,500 of sales, $7,250 of operating costs other than depreciation, and $1,000 of depreciation. The company had no amortization charges and no non-operating income. It had $8,000 of bonds outstanding that carry a 7.5% interest rate, and its federal-plus-state income tax rate was 40%. How much was Lindley's operating income, or EBIT?

Answer 1

$4,250

Step-by-step explanation:

The computation of the operating income or EBIT is shown below:

Earning before interest and taxes = Sales reported - operating cost other than depreciation - depreciation expense

= $12,500 - $7,250 - $1,000

= $4,250

We simply deduct the operating cost and the depreciation expense from the sales reported to arrive the earning before interest and taxes

All other information which is given in the question is not relevant. hence, ignored it