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Hello students, here is a question.
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The coupon rate on the debts issue is 6%.
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If the yard of maturity on the debts is 9%, what is the after -tax cost of a debts is weighted average cost of capital if the firm tax rate is 21 %? so, this is our question.
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Let us do the solution for this.
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Calculate the after -tax cost of debt.
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We need to calculate the after -tax debts.
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So, the after -tax debts is a cost of a debts adjusted to the tax saving resulting from the tax deductibility of an interest payment.
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It can be calculated by using a formula, pre -tax cost of debt into 1 minus tax rate.
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So, in this case, pre -tax cost of debts is the yard to maturity that is 9%.
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The tax rate is 21%...