Terrier Company is in a 40 percent tax bracket and has a bond outstanding that yields 10

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Terrier Company is in a 40 percent tax bracket and has a bond outstanding that yields 10 percent to maturity.
a. What is Terrier’s aftertax cost of debt?
b.
Assume that the yield on the bond goes down by 1 percentage point, and due to tax reform, the corporate tax rate falls to 25 percent. What is Terrier’s new aftertax cost of debt?
c.
Has the aftertax cost of debt gone up or down from part a to part b? Explain why.

Cost Of Debt
The cost of debt is the effective interest rate a company pays on its debts. It’s the cost of debt, such as bonds and loans, among others. The cost of debt often refers to before-tax cost of debt, which is the company's cost of debt before taking...
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Foundations of Financial Management

ISBN: 978-1259194078

15th edition

Authors: Stanley Block, Geoffrey Hirt, Bartley Danielsen

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