The Cost of Debt Is Determined by Taking The

question 124

Multiple Choice

The cost of debt is determined by taking the:

• A) present value of the interest payments and principal times one minus the tax rate.
• B) historical yield on bonds times one minus the tax rate.
• C) estimated yield on new bond issues of the same risk times one minus the shareholder marginal tax rate.
• D) yield and subtracting the tax rate.

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