2. 7. Calculating cost of debt [LO 14.2] Jiminys Farm issued a 30-year, 6 per cent semiannual...

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2. 7.

Calculating cost of debt [LO 14.2] Jiminy’s Farm issued a 30-year, 6 per cent semiannual bond three years ago. The bond currently sells for 93 per cent of its face value. The company’s tax rate is 30 per cent.

1. What is the pretax cost of debt?

2. What is the after-tax cost of debt?

3. Which is more relevant, the pretax or the after-tax cost of debt?

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Fundamentals Of Corporate Finance

ISBN: 9781743768051

8th Edition

Authors: Stephen A. Ross, Rowan Trayler, Charles Koh, Gerhard Hambusch, Kristoffer Glover, Randolph W. Westerfield, Bradford D. Jordan

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