Question

Anne’s marginal income tax rate is 32 percent. She purchases a corporate bond for $19,500 and the maturity, or face value, of the bond is $19,500. If the bond pays 8.8 percent per year before taxes, what is Anne’s annual after-tax rate of return from the bond if the bond matures in one year? What is her annual after-tax rate of return if the bond matures in 10 years? (Round your answers to 1 decimal place.)

Answer 1

6.0%

Step-by-step explanation:

Given that :

Marginal income tax rate = 32%

Interest rate before taxes = 8.8%

Annual after-tax rate of return if bond matures in 10 years will be the same as the annual after tax rate of return since the annual rate is constant.

Hence,

Annual after tax rate of return = Interest rate × (1 - tax rate)

Annual after tax rate = 8.8% × (1 - 32%)

Annual after tax rate = 0.088 × (1 - 0.32)

Annual after tax rate = 0.088 × 0.68

Annual after tax rate = 0.05984

= 0.05984 × 100%

= 5.984% = 6.0%