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- May 31, 2011 at 11:40 pm #48806
Hi:
ACCA Past Paper Dec 2010 Q 4 Part b
In this question they asked to calculate the after-tax cost of debt. In the Financial Statement given they have Long-term borrowings under non-current liabs. and they also have preference shares under equity.
In the ACCA answer they only calculated the cost of the long-term borrowings. Why isn’t the cost of pref. shares calculated also? I thought pref. shares are considered as debt in F9.
Please explain
Thanks in advance for any help.June 1, 2011 at 8:33 am #82749probably because preference shares is not tax deductible and has no interest so it is like an equity (even if it is debt). Just my thoughts
June 1, 2011 at 9:18 am #82750preference shares is not part of debt calculation,cost of preference is calculated as interest/market value of preference shares.
Cost of Preference shares is another component of wacc,so treat it seperatelyJune 1, 2011 at 9:21 am #82751preference shares is not part of debt calculation,cost of preference is calculated as interest/market value of preference shares.
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