ICU Window, Inc., is trying to determine its cost of debt. The firm has a debt issue outstanding with nine years to maturity that is quoted at 111 percent of face value. The issue makes semiannual payments and has an embedded cost of 8.6 percent annually.

A) What is the companys pretax cost of debt?

Pretax cost of debt _______%

B) If the tax rate is 40 percent, what is the after-tax cost of debt?

Aftertax cost of debt ______%