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One Step, Inc., is trying to determine its cost of debt. The firm has a debt issue outstanding with 15 years to maturity that is quoted at 90 percent of face value. The issue makes semiannual payments and has a coupon rate of 4 percent. |
What is the company's pretax cost of debt? (Do not round intermediate calculations and enter your answer as a percent rounded to 2 decimal places, e.g., 32.16.) |
If the tax rate is 21 percent, what is the aftertax cost of debt? |