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21 September, 14:20

The Holmes Company's currently outstanding bonds have a 8% coupon and a 12% yield to maturity. Holmes believes it could issue new bonds at par that would provide a similar yield to maturity. If its marginal tax rate is 35%, what is Holmes's after-tax cost of debt? Round your answer to two decimal places.

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  1. 21 September, 17:15
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    after tax cost of debt 7.8%

    Explanation:

    The after tax would be:

    cost of debt (1 - taxes) = after-tax cost of debt

    the cost of debt will be the 12% yield because the current and new debt will be effectively financed with this rate.

    .12 x (1-0.35) = 0.078 = 7.8%
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