Theresa Davis is in the 40 percent personal tax bracket. She is considering investing in HCA (taxable)
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Theresa Davis is in the 40 percent personal tax bracket. She is considering investing in HCA (taxable) bonds that carry a 12 percent interest rate.
a. What is her after-tax yield (interest rate) on the bonds?
b. Suppose Twin Cities Memorial Hospital has issued tax-exempt bonds that have an interest rate of 6 percent. With all else the same, should Theresa buy the HCA or the Twin Cities bonds?
c. With all else the same, what interest rate on the tax-exempt Twin Cities bonds would make these bonds and the HCA bonds equally advantageous?
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Gapenskis Fundamentals Of Healthcare Finance
ISBN: 9781567939750
3rd Edition
Authors: Paula H. Song, Kristin L. Reiter
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