Jiminy's Cricket Farm issued a 30-year, 7.8 percent semiannual bond 5 years ago. The bond currently sells for 92 percent of its face value. The company’s tax rate is 40 percent. Required: (a) What is the pretax cost of debt? (Do not round intermediate calculations. Enter your answer as a percentage rounded to 2 decimal places (e. g., 32.16).) Pretax cost of debt % (b) What is the aftertax cost of debt? (Do not round intermediate calculations. Enter your answer as a percentage rounded to 2 decimal places (e. g., 32.16).) Aftertax cost of debt % (c) Which is more relevant, the pretax or the aftertax cost of debt?

Clara client has just been presented with a standard representation agreement by the law firm of yatz & berger. clara's first language is german. although she speaks and reads everyday english quite well, the legal terms in the contract confuse her. yatz & berger should question 90 options: have someone in the firm, if possible, or a translator from outside of the firm, explain the terms of the contract thoroughly until clara has a full and complete understanding of its terms. advise clara to take the contract home and study it before signing it. have a paralegal explain the most important clauses in the contract to clara in smaller, plain english words. advise clara to sign the contract and take her copy home for study.