The Before-Tax Cost of Debt for a Firm Which Has

question 92

Multiple Choice

The before-tax cost of debt for a firm which has a 40 percent marginal tax rate is 12 percent. Theaftertax cost of debt is

• A) 6.0 percent.
• B) 7.2 percent.
• C) 12 percent.
• D) 4.8 percent.

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