The Collins Group, a leading producer of custom automobile accessories, has hired you to estimate the firm's weighted average cost of capital. The balance sheet and some other information are provided below.Assets$ 38,000,000101,000,000$139,000,000Current assetsNet plant, property, and equipmentTotal assetsLiabilities and EquityAccounts payable$ 10,000,0009,000,000$ 19,000,00040,000,000$ 59,000,000AccrualsCurrent liabilitiesLong-term debt (40,000 bonds, S1,000 par value)Total liabilitiesCommon stock (10,000,000 shares)Retained earningsTotal shareholders' equityTotal liabilities and shareholders' equity30,000,000_50,000,000_80,000,000$139,000,000The stock is currently selling for $15.25 per share, and its noncallable $1,000 par value, 20-year, 7.25% bonds with semiannual payments are selling for $875.00. The beta is 1.25, the yield on a 6-month Treasury bill is 3.50%, and the yield on a 20-year Treasury bond is 5.50%.The required return on the stock market is 11.50%, but the market has had an average annual return of 14.50% during the past 5 years. The firm's tax rate is 40%.Answer each of the Questions in the two and a half hours permitted. Question 11 pointsSave AnswerWestbrook's Painting Co. planned to issue a $1,000 par value, 20-year noncallable bond with a 7.00% annual coupon, paid semiannually. The company's marginal tax rate was 40.00%, but Congress lowered the corporate tax rate to 21.00%. By how much did the component cost of debt in the WACC changewhen the new tax rate was adopted?0.57%0.63%0.70%1.33%1.47%

Cost of debt =7% Tax rate =40% Post tax cost of debt =7(1-0.4)=4.2% Now Tax is 21% Post cost of debt…

Westbrook's Painting Co. planned to issue a $1,000 par value, 20-year noncallable bond with a 7.00% annual coupon, paid semiannually. The company's marginal tax rate was 40.00%, but Congress lowered the corporate tax rate to 21.00%. By how much did the component cost of debt in the WACC change when the new tax rate was adopted? 0.57% 0.63% O 10% 1.47%

Westbrook's Painting Co. planned to issue a $1,000 par value, 20-year noncallable bond with a 7.00% annual coupon, paid semiannually. The company's marginal tax rate was 40.00%, but Congress lowered the corporate tax rate to 21.00%. By how much did the component cost of debt in the WACC change when the new tax rate was adopted? 0.57% 0.63% O 10% 1.47%

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