Question

Hsu Company reported the following on its income statement:

Income before income taxes $300,441
Income tax expense 90,132
Net income $210,309
An analysis of the income statement revealed that interest expense was $73,659. Determine Hsu Company's times interest earned ratio.
a. 2.86 times
b. 4.08 times
c. 1.86 times
d. 5.08 times

Answer 1

d. 5.08 times

Step-by-step explanation:

The computation of the times interest earned ratio is as follows

Times interest earned ratio is

= (Interest expense + Income before income taxes) ÷ (Interest expense)

= ($73,659 + 300,441) ÷ ($73,659)

= 5.08 times

hence, the correct option is d.

We simply applied the above formula so that the correct value could come

And, the same is to be considered