Ask Question
9 February, 17:32

Westford Corporation has $185 million dollars of interest-bearing debt outstanding at the end of fiscal 2014 year. In addition, the company incurred $26 million dollars of interest expense in 2014.

If the company has a marginal tax rate of 35% calculate Westford's cost of debt capital.

A) 14.1%

B) 9.1%

C) 9.8%

D) 11.1%

+5
Answers (1)
  1. 9 February, 17:53
    0
    B) 9.1%

    Explanation:

    Cost of debt is the interest rate paid by a company due to borrowing money; i. e debt from investors.

    $185million in debt is the face value of debt that Westford Corporation had and the $26 million dollars of interest expense is the cost of the debt in dollars;

    First, find pretax cost of debt;

    Pretax cost of debt = (Interest expense / Face value of debt) * 100

    = (26,000,000 / 185,000,000) * 100

    =0.1405 * 100

    = 14.05%

    Next, use pretax cost of debt to find after-tax cost of debt;

    After-tax cost of debt = Pretax cost of debt (1-tax)

    = 14.05% * (1-0.35)

    = 9.13%

    Therefore, Westford's cost of debt capital is 9.1%
Know the Answer?
Not Sure About the Answer?
Find an answer to your question 👍 “Westford Corporation has $185 million dollars of interest-bearing debt outstanding at the end of fiscal 2014 year. In addition, the company ...” in 📗 Business if the answers seem to be not correct or there’s no answer. Try a smart search to find answers to similar questions.
Search for Other Answers