Viserion, Inc., is trying to determine its cost of debt. The firm has a debt issue outstanding with 28 years to maturity that is quoted at 107 percent of face value. The issue makes semiannual payments and has an embedded cost of 4 percent annually.
a. 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.)
b. If the tax rate is 22 percent, what is the aftertax cost of debt? (Do not round intermediate calculations and enter your answer as a percent rounded to 2 decimal places, e.g., 32.16.)