Question

At the present time, Andalusian Limited (AL) has 20-year noncallable bonds with a face value of $1,000 that are outstanding. These bonds have a current market price of $1,181.96 per bond, carry a coupon rate of 13%, and distribute annual coupon payments. The company incurs a federal-plus-state tax rate of 40%. If AL wants to issue new debt, what would be a reasonable estimate for its after-tax cost of debt (rounded to two decimal places)

Answer 1

Answer:

After tax cost of debt is 6.45%

Explanation:

In computing the after tax cost of debt, the starting point would be to ascertain the pre-tax cost of debt-yield to maturity-before applying the tax.

The yield to maturity can be calculated using the rate formula in excel ,given as :=rate( nper,pmt,-pv,fv)

nper is the nuer of coupon interest the bond would pay which is 20

pmt is the annual payment of the bond which is 13%*$1000=$130

pv is the current price of the bond $1,181.96

fv is the face value of the bond which is $1000

=rate(20,130,-1181.96,1000)

rate=10.75%

Pretax cost of debt is 10.75%

After tax cost of debt=pretax cost of debt*(1-tax rate)

tax rate is 40%=0.4

                                  =10.75%*(1-0.4)

                                   =6.45%