Jiminy's Cricket Farm issued a 30-year, 8.6 percent semiannual bond 6 years ago. The bond currently sells for 90 percent of its face value. The company’s tax rate is 38 percent.
a. What is the pretax cost of debt ?
b. What is the aftertax cost of debt? (Do not round intermediate calculations and enter your answer as a percent rounded to 2 decimal places, e.g., 32.16.) Aftertax cost of debt ?
c. Which is more relevant, the pretax or the aftertax cost of debt? pre or after ?