Your company just purchased a piece of equipment. The maintenance cost of the equipment is estimated at $1,200 for the first year, and it is to rise by $300 each year. How much should be set aside now to have enough to cover for the maintenance cost for the next five years? Assume payments are made at the end of each year and an interest rate of 6%.

Coop inc. owns 40% of chicken inc., both coop and chicken are corporations. chicken pays coop a dividend of $10,000 in the current year. chicken also reports financial accounting earnings of $20,000 for that year. assume coop follows the general rule of accounting for investment in chicken. what is the amount and nature of the book-tax difference to coop associated with the dividend distribution (ignoring the dividends received deduction)?