Answer:
Ans. The cost of equity capital is 6.5 (6.5%)
Explanation:
Hi, all we need to do is fill the following equation with the data from the problem.
Where:
rf = Risk free rate (in our case, 2%)
MRP = market risk premium (in our case, 6%)
r(e) = Cost of equity capital
Therefore, this is what we get.
So the cost of equity capital is 6.5% or 6.5 as the problem suggests to answer.
Best of luck.
Answer:
Explanation:
The diagram and step by step solution to the answer can be seen in the attached image below
KINDLY NOTE: Self Employment tax (<u><em>which can be said to be a Medicare tax and Social Security paid by self-employed individuals. It is quite similar to the FICA and usually, they are withheld from an employee’s paycheck Medicare taxes and Social Security purposes.)</em></u> is not applicable to both and the AMT is less then the actual normal tax liability so AMT provision also not applicable.
