Americo must pay corporate income tax in each country in which it currently has operations.
a. After deducting taxes in each country, what are Americo's consolidated earnings and consolidated earnings per share in U.S. dollars?
b. What proportion of Americo's consolidated earnings arise from each individual country?
c. What proportion of Americo's consolidated earnings arise from outside the United States?
Americo is a U.S.-based multinational manufacturing firm, with wholly owned subsidiaries in Brazil, Germany, and China, in addition to domestic operations in the United States. Americo is traded on the NASDAQ. Americo currently has 650,000 shares outstanding. The basic operating characteristics of the various business units are as follows:

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U.S. Parent Brazilian German Chinese Company Subsidiary Subsidiary Subsidiary Business Performance (000s, local currency) (USS) reais,RS) (euros,Q) yuan,I S4,500 RS6,250 4,500 Y2,500 Earnings before taxes (EBT) Corporate income tax rate Average exchange rate for the period 3590 25% 40% 30% RS1.80/S 0.7018/S Y7.750/S