Verizon Communications (VZ) 10-Q2010 Q1 Quarterly report

Filed: 28 Apr 10, 12:00am

Content analysis

Positive
Negative
Uncertain
Constraining
Legalese
Litigous
Readability	H.S. junior Avg

New words: alternative, attached, Australia, back, bargaining, capture, ceiling, charge, composition, contemplated, cycle, delivery, drug, EBITDA, Education, enacted, enactment, escrow, exceeded, expedient, experienced, Family, floor, GAAP, healthcare, hierarchy, imply, industry, Italy, Justice, loop, matrix, Medicare, mentioned, minute, multimedia, municipal, Patient, post, Power, prescription, quality, ranked, reader, recognition, reseller, retiree, seek, seeking, simplification, solution, strength, subscriber, subsidized, subsidy, subtracting, temporary, thousand, Treasury, type, unable, unfavorable, universal, unlimited

Removed: achievement, achieving, acquirer, adjusted, adversely, advisory, aforementioned, Agency, air, allocation, amended, amortized, applicable, approach, approved, assist, assume, assumption, assurance, authorized, automation, aware, begun, bidder, borrowed, building, buyout, cellular, clarity, classification, closed, comparable, connected, consent, Conservation, consideration, consistency, consisting, convert, core, create, deconsolidated, deductible, deferred, designed, deteriorate, determining, dial, disclose, discontinuation, eliminated, elimination, ending, England, EPA, estimating, exchanged, executed, exercised, existed, exit, expanded, expensed, extended, FairPoint, favorable, FCC, February, fee, filed, finalized, forma, governing, greater, GS, guidance, half, Hampshire, hedging, high, historical, home, identifiable, identifying, illustrative, impairment, incorporating, increasing, incremental, indefinite, initial, inspection, intellectual, intend, intercompany, intrinsic, invested, lack, largest, license, licensed, licensing, limited, Maine, maintenance, marketability, mature, maturity, meeting, member, migrated, monitoring, monthly, national, nominal, noncontributory, obligation, obtained, occur, Optimized, orderly, overhead, owed, partial, payout, payphone, placement, plant, platform, postpaid, preferred, preliminarily, preliminary, preparation, present, presenting, pretax, prevented, pro, projected, projection, property, public, purpose, ranging, rationalization, realization, receiving, reclassification, redeemed, redemption, referred, refinance, release, remedying, renewal, renewed, renewing, replace, replacement, replacing, representing, reproduction, requirement, restructuring, return, robust, routinely, Rural, scheduled, separately, settled, spectrum, spill, sponsor, stability, stockholder, storage, subscription, substance, substituted, switch, system, tank, taxing, tender, terminating, threatened, threshold, TPG, treat, ultimately, underground, upselling, usage, utility, varying, Vermont, VZNY, weighted

Search this filing

Filing tables

Export all tables to Excel

Filing exhibits

Related press release

VZ similar filings

Filing view

Default size S M L
Default font Times Arial

External links

Share this filing

Exhibit 12

Computation of Ratio of Earnings to Fixed Charges

Verizon Communications Inc. and Subsidiaries


(dollars in millions)	Three Months Ended March 31, 2010
Earnings:
Income before provision for income taxes	$ 3,849
Equity in earnings of unconsolidated businesses	(133	)
Dividends from unconsolidated businesses	13
Interest expense⁽¹⁾	680
Portion of rent expense representing interest	218
Amortization of capitalized interest	34

Earnings, as adjusted	$ 4,661


Fixed Charges:
Interest expense⁽¹⁾	$ 680
Portion of rent expense representing interest	218
Capitalized interest	226

Fixed Charges	$ 1,124


Ratio of earnings to fixed charges	4.15

⁽¹⁾ We classify interest expense recognized on uncertain tax positions as income tax expense and therefore such interest expense is not included in the Ratio of Earnings to Fixed Charges.