Question

The Lancaster State Bank is thinking about purchasing a corporate bond that pays a coupon of 8.5%. The bank has a marginal tax rate of 25%. What is the after-tax yield on this bond?

Answer 1

Answer:

The after tax yield is 6.375%

Explanation:

The after tax yield is the amount of coupon rate after the tax deduction which will be calculated by this formula:

ATY= i(1- tax Rate)

ATY is the after tax yield

i is the coupon interest rate which is 8.5%

tax rate is the marginal tax which will be adjusted on the rate given to give us the after tax yield so we substitute on the above formula:

ATY = 8.5%(1 - 25%) then we compute on calculator

ATY= 6.375% which is the after tax yield of this bond.

thereafter you get the percentage yield which is the yield of a coupon adjusted for tax.

Answer 2

Answer: 6.375%

Explanation:

The Lancaster State Bank is thinking about purchasing a corporate bond that has a yield of 8.5%. This bank has a marginal tax rate of 25%.

The after-tax yield on this bond would be 6.375%