Your firm currently has $80 million in debt outstanding with a 8% interest rate. The terms of the loan require the firm to repay $20 million of the balance each year. Suppose that the marginal corporate tax rate is 21%​, and that the interest tax shields have the same risk as the loan. What is the present value of the interest tax shields from this​ debt? (Round to two decimal​ places.)

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Your firm currently has $80 million in debt outstanding with a 8% interest rate. The terms of the loan require the firm to repay $20 million of the balance each year. Suppose that the marginal corporate tax rate is 21%​, and that the interest tax shields have the same risk as the loan. What is the present value of the interest tax shields from this​ debt? (Round to two decimal​ places.)

 

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Rogot Instruments makes fine violins and cellos. It has $1.2 million in debt​ outstanding, equity valued at

​$2.7 million and pays corporate income tax at rate 21%. Its cost of equity is 11% and its cost of debt is 8%.

  1. What is​ Rogot's pretax​ WACC? (Round to two decimal​places.)
  2. What is​ Rogot's (effective​ after-tax) WACC? (Round to two decimal​places.)
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