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The Daily Planet Has a Wholly Owned Foreign Subsidiary in Malaysia

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The Daily Planet has a wholly owned foreign subsidiary in Malaysia. The subsidiary earns 25 million ringgits per year before taxes in Malaysia. The foreign income tax rate is 30%. The subsidiary repatriates the entire aftertax profits in the form of dividends to the Daily Planet. The Canadian corporate tax rate is 40% of foreign earnings before taxes.
A) Compute aftertax cash flow to the Daily Planet from this investment (in ringgits). Before tax earnings (in ringgits) \underline{\quad\quad}

Foreign income tax at 30% 30 \% \underline{\quad\quad}
Earnings after foreign income taxes \underline{\quad\quad}

Dividends repatriated \underline{\quad\quad}
Gross Canadian taxes at 40% 40^{\circ} \% of foreign earnings before taxes \underline{\quad\quad}

Foreign tax credit \underline{\quad\quad}
Net Canadian taxes payable \underline{\quad\quad}
Aftertax cash flow \underline{\quad\quad}
B) If the exchange rate is .40 ($/ringgits), what is the after tax cash flow in dollars?
C) CCA related cash flow is 3 million ringgits per year for five years for another Daily Planet investment in Malaysia. The cash flow will earn 10% per year. After five years, it will then be translated back to dollars at an exchange rate of .47 ($/ringgit). The Daily Planet applies a 15% discount rate to foreign cash flows. What is the present value (in dollars) of the CCA related cash flow?

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