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30 December, 16:33

Electronic Products has 22,500 bonds outstanding that are currently quoted at 101.6. The bonds mature in 8 years and pay an annual coupon payment of $90. What is the firm's aftertax cost of debt if the applicable tax rate is 34 percent?

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  1. 30 December, 19:19
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    5.75%

    Explanation:

    to determine the effective cost of the debt, we can use an excel spreadsheet and the IRR function:

    present value = - 1,016 payments 1 - 7 = 90 payment 8 = 1,090

    effective interest rate = 8.71%

    we can also calculate the answer using the annuity and present value formula:

    1,016 = [90 x ({1 - [1 / (1 + i) ⁸]} / i) ] + [1,000 / (1 + i) ⁸]

    but it's much more complicated and the result is the same.

    since the effective interest rate = 8.71%, then the after tax rate = 8.71% x (1 - 34%) = 8.71% x 0.66 = 5.7486% ≈ 5.75%
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