2. Tax issues involving preferred stock Preferred dividends are paid from earnings. All else being equal, is a firm more

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2. Tax issues involving preferred stock Preferred dividends are paid from earnings. All else being equal, is a firm more or less likely to issue preferred stock if its tax rate increases? Doesn't matter More likely Less likely Consider the case of THC Endowment: THC Endowment is an institutional investor and owns preferred stocks worth a 20% stake in Hack Wellington Co. Hack Wellington Co. paid out dividends of $231,000 to THC Endowment this year. Hack Wellington Co. had issued perpetual preferred stock with a par value of $100 and pays a(n) 11.00% annual dividend. Investors' required return on Hack Wellington Co.'s preferred stock is 14.74%, and the tax rate for both the companies is 45%. Based on the information given, calculate the following: Value The current market price of Hack Wellington Co.'s preferred stock is: THC Endowment tax liability on its dividend income will be: Consider that Hack Wellington Co. also issued market auction preferred stock. Which of the following is true about market auction preferred stock? Yield set on the issue after an auction on the preferred stock is the lowest yield sufficient to sell all shares being offered at that auction. Yield set on the issue after an auction on the preferred stock is the highest yield sufficient to sell all shares being offered at that auction.