PFE Chapter 20, Capital structure and valuation page 31
Alternative A: Company borrows from Arthur's Mom Alternative B: Arthur borrows from Mom
FINANCING ARTHUR'S PURCHASE OF XYZ
Upper Fantasia tax code: Corporate income tax, T
C
= 40%,
Personal taxes: Tax on equity income, T
E
= 10%, Tax on all other income, T
D
= 30%
XYZ Corp. -- Levered
Company has $3,000 of 8% perpetual debt from Arthur's
mother. Corporate income tax, T
C
= 40%.
FCF = $1000 [This is after corporate taxes]
Equity income after interest payment =
$1000 - 8%*3,000*(1-40%) = $856
Paid to Arthur XYZ, sole owner
Arthur XYZ-- sole owner of XYZ's equity.
XYZ pays Arthur $856. Personal tax on equity
income, T
E
= 10% . Arthur pays his mother $240 in
interest. Interest is an ordinary-income expense;
tax rate on ordinary income, T
D
= 30%.
After-tax income = $856*(1-10%) = $770.40
Arthur's mother. Gets $300
interest from Arthur. Personal tax
on interest income, T
D
= 30%.
Annual after-tax income:
8%*$3000*(1-30%) = $168
Family income: Arthur + Mom
Arthur: $ 770.40
Mom: $ 168.00
Total: $ 938.40
XYZ Corp. -- no debt
FCF = $1000 [After corporate taxes.]
Equity income = $1000
Paid to Arthur XYZ, sole owner
Arthur XYZ -- sole owner of XYZ's equity. Borrowed
$3000 of perpetual debt from Mom at 8%. Interest
payments create 30% tax shield.
Personal tax on equity income, T
E
= 10%.
= 30%. Interest is an ordinary-income expense; tax rate
on ordinary income, T
D
= 30%.
Annual income
Family income: Arthur + Mom
Arthur: $ 732.00
Mom: $ 168.00
Total: $ 900.00
Arthur's mother. Gets interest from Arthur.
Personal tax on interest income, T
D
= 30%.
Annual income =
8%*$3000*(1-30%) = $168
When the company borrows the money, the total family income is $938.40. This
compares to the total income of $900 when Arthur borrows the money from Mom. So it’s better
in this case for the company to borrow the money.
In order to understand what’s happening, we create a spreadsheet. We’ll have more to
say about this spreadsheet (and the economics underlying it) below, but in the meantime, we
stress its final conclusion
•
Since the total family income (the combined income of Arthur XYZ and his Mom) is
larger when the company borrows than when Arthur borrows (cell B27 versus cell C27),
the company should lever itself, and not Arthur.
•
The advantages of corporate borrowing are considerably less in this case than in the
previous case of ABC Corp. In the previous case corporate leverage of $3,000 added $96
to the family cash flows each year; in the current case it adds only $38.40. The
difference is, of course, the fact that we now have taxes on personal income, which were
absent in the ABC Corp. example.