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Briefly explain why borrowing is advantageous to taxes for companies, as they do not seem take on very large proportions of debt.

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The solution explains why borrowing is advantageous to taxes for companies, as they do not seem take on very large proportions of debt.

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Borrowing is advantageous to taxes for companies because the company is able to use the fees and finance charges associated with the debt as 100% write-offs (expenses). Although the actual debt payments are carried as a liability, the interest expenses and fees lower taxable income because they are treated as ordinary expenses. This lowers the company's taxable income, so the company ends up paying ...

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