An overview of a firm's cost of debt for which capital component must you make a tax adjustment when calculating a firm’s weighted average cost of capital (wacc)? equity debt preferred stock water and power company (wpc) can borrow funds at an interest rate of 9.70% for a period of five years. its marginal federal-plus-state tax rate is 25%. wpc’s after-tax cost of debt is 7.28% (rounded to two decimal places). at the present time, water and power company (wpc) has 5-year noncallable bonds with a face value of $1,000 that are outstanding. these bonds have a current market price of $1,438.04 per bond, carry a coupon rate of 14%, and distribute annual coupon payments. the company incurs a federal-plus-state tax rate of 25%. if wpc wants to issue new debt, what would be a reasonable estimate for its after-tax cost of debt (rounded to two decimal places)? (note: round your ytm rate to two decimal place.)

Net income and owner's equity for four businesses four different proprietorships, jupiter, mars, saturn, and venus, show the same balance sheet data at the beginning and end of a year. these data, exclusive of the amount of owner's equity, are summarized as follows: total assets total liabilities beginning of the year $550,000 $215,000 end of the year 844,000 320,000 on the basis of the preceding data and the following additional information for the year, determine the net income (or loss) of each company for the year. (hint: first determine the amount of increase or decrease in owner's equity during the year.) jupiter: the owner had made no additional investments in the business and had made no withdrawals from the business. mars: the owner had made no additional investments in the business but had withdrawn $36,000. saturn: the owner had made an additional investment of $60,000 but had made no withdrawals. venus: the owner had made an additional investment of $60,000 and had withdrawn $36,000. jupiter net income $ mars net income $ saturn net income $ venus net income $

Boone brothers remodels homes and replaces windows. ace builders constructs new homes. if boone brothers considers expanding into new home construction, it should evaluate the expansion project using which one of the following as the required return for the project?

Parks corporation is considering an investment proposal in which a working capital investment of $10,000 would be required. the investment would provide cash inflows of $2,000 per year for six years. the working capital would be released for use elsewhere when the project is completed. if the company's discount rate is 10%, the investment's net present value is closest to (ignore income taxes) ?