Question: The basic accounting equation is Total Assets = Total Liabilities + Total Equity. There are two companies A and B . Both have same amount

The basic accounting equation is Total Assets = Total Liabilities + Total Equity.
There are two companies A and B. Both have same amount of total assets of $100,000. A is totally financed by equity with no debt (liabilities). Firm B has 30%- $30,000 financed by debt (liabilities) and 70%- &70,000 with equity, and it has to pay 5% annual interest to the lender for the $30,000 it has borrowed. At end of the year both companies make $10,000 of operating income (EBIT). Tax rate of 20% applies to both companies.
Which owner, the owner of firm A or firm B, receives more financial benefit then the other? Why?

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