The Goodsmith Charitable foundation, which is tax-exempt, issued debt last year at 8 percent to help finance a new playground facility in Los Angeles. This year the cost of debt is 20% higher; that is, firms that paid 10 percent for debt last year will be paying 12 percent this year. a) if the goodsmith foundation borrowed money this year, what would the after tax cost of debt be, based on its cost last year and the 20% increase? b) if the receipts of the foundation were found to be taxable by the IRS (at a rate of 35% because of the involvement in political activities), what would the aftertax cost of the debt be?

Ida sidha karya company is a family-owned company located in the village of gianyar on the island of bali in indonesia. the company produces a handcrafted balinese musical instrument called a gamelan that is similar to a xylophone. the gamelans are sold for $850. selected data for the company’s operations last year follow: units in beginning inventory 0 units produced 250 units sold 225 units in ending inventory

Calculate the cost of each capital component—in other words, the after-tax cost of debt, the cost of preferred stock (including flotation costs), and the cost of equity (ignoring flotation costs). use both the capm method and the dividend growth approach to find the cost of equity. calculate the cost of new stock using the dividend growth approach. what is the cost of new common stock based on the capm? (hint: find the difference between re and rs as determined by the dividend growth approach and then add that difference to the capm value for rs.)assuming that gao will not issue new equity and will continue to use the same target capital structure, what is the company’s wacc? e. suppose gao is evaluating three projects with the following characteristics. each project has a cost of $1 million. they will all be financed using the target mix of long-term debt, preferred stock, and common equity. the cost of the common equity for each project should be based on the beta estimated for the project. all equity will come from reinvested earnings. equity invested in project a would have a beta of 0.5 and an expected return of 9.0%.equity invested in project b would have a beta of 1.0 and an expected return of 10.0%.equity invested in project c would have a beta of 2.0 and an expected return of 11.0%.analyze the company’s situation, and explain why each project should be accepted or rejected g

Why should managers invest any excess cash