Taxes-A Large Issue Looming
July 19th, 2010
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“Last year we made $112 million before taxes….except we don’t pay no taxes”
-from “Some Like it Hot”
Publicly held firms try their best to replicate the Mafia’s tax rate, but normally only get there if losses are involved. As such, taxes must be carefully scrutinized for its effect on cash flow and leverge.
CT Capital’s risk (equity cost of capital) model incorporates many tax variables, including both the effective (that reported to shareholders) rate and that based on the actual taxes paid.
