Peytons Colt Farm issued a 30-year, 7 percent semiannual bond 7 years ago. The bond currently sells

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Peyton’s Colt Farm issued a 30-year, 7 percent semiannual bond 7 years ago. The bond currently sells for 94 percent of its face value. The company’s tax rate is 35 percent.
a. What is the pretax cost of debt?
b. What is the aftertax cost of debt?
c. Which is more relevant, the pretax or the aftertax cost of debt? Why?

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Essentials Of Corporate Finance

ISBN: 9780073382463

7th Edition

Authors: Stephen Ross, Randolph Westerfield, Bradford Jordan

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