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25 January, 17:07

Bermuda Cruises issues only common stocks and coupon bonds. The firm has a debt-equity ratio of 0.45. The cost of equity is 17.6 percent.

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What is the pre-tax cost of the company debt if weighted average costs of the company is 13.5% and

the firm's tax rate is 35 percent?

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  1. 25 January, 19:40
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    The pre-tax cost of debt is 6.75%

    Step-by-step explanation:

    In this question, we are interested in calculating the pre-tax cost of the company debt.

    To calculate this, we use the mathematical formula below;

    Pre-tax cost of debt = (WACC - equity / (value * cost of debt)) / (debt equity ratio / value * (1-tax rate))

    From the question, we identify the parameters in the equation as follows:

    WACC is weighted average cost of company = 13.5%

    equity = 1

    value = equity + debt-equity ratio = 1 + 0.45 = 1.45

    Cost of equity = 17.6%

    debt-equity ratio = 0.45

    Tax rate = 35%

    Now, substituting these values into the equation, we have;

    Pre-tax cost of debt =

    (13.5% (-1 / (1.45*17.6%) / (0.45 / (1.45 * (1-35%))

    = 0.0675 or 6.75%
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