1) Sunshine, a manufacturer of energy-efficient lighting solutions, has had such achievement with its new products which it is planning to considerably expand its manufacturing capacity with the $15 million investment in latest machinery. Sunshine plans to sustain its present 30% debt-to-total-assets ratio for its capital structure and to keep its dividend policy in which at the ending of each year it distributes 55% of year's net income. Net income of this year was= $8 million. Compute external equity that Sunshine must look for now to expand as planned?
2) Moonstar, Inc., has sales= $600,000, costs= $258,000, depreciation expense= $63,500, interest expense of $30,500, and the tax rate of 40 percent. Determine the net income for this firm?