If the income tax rate applicable to a firm is 35% and the pre-tax cost of debt is 10%, what is the after-tax cost of debt?

the after tax cost of debt is 6.5%

Explanation:

The computation of the after tax cost of debt is shown below:

After tax cost of debt is

= Before tax cost of debt × (1 - tax rate)

= 10%  × (1 - 0.35)

= 10% × 0.65

= 6.5%

Hence, the after tax cost of debt is 6.5%

We simply applied the above formula so that the correct value could come

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the correct option is c

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