An unlevered firm has a value of $700 million. An otherwise identical but levered firm has $160 million in debt at a 6% interest rate, which is its pre-tax cost of debt. Its unlevered cost of equity is 10%. No growth is expected. Assuming the federal-plus-state corporate tax rate is 25%, use the MM model with corporate taxes to determine the value of the levered firm. Enter your answer in millions. For example, and answer of $10,550,000 should be entered as 10.55. Round your answer to the nearest whole number. $ million

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MM Model with Corporate Taxes
An unlevered firm has a value of $700
million. An otherwise identical but
levered firm has $160 million in debt at
a 6% interest rate, which is its pre-tax
cost of debt. Its unlevered cost of equity
is 10%. No growth is expected.
Assuming the federal-plus-state
corporate tax rate is 25%, use the MM
model with corporate taxes to determine
the value of the levered firm. Enter your
answer in millions. For example, an
answer of $10,550,000 should be
entered as 10.55. Round your answer to
the nearest whole number.
LA
million
Transcribed Image Text:MM Model with Corporate Taxes An unlevered firm has a value of $700 million. An otherwise identical but levered firm has $160 million in debt at a 6% interest rate, which is its pre-tax cost of debt. Its unlevered cost of equity is 10%. No growth is expected. Assuming the federal-plus-state corporate tax rate is 25%, use the MM model with corporate taxes to determine the value of the levered firm. Enter your answer in millions. For example, an answer of $10,550,000 should be entered as 10.55. Round your answer to the nearest whole number. LA million
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Value of levered firm according to MM proposition with corporate taxes is calculated using following equation

Value of levered firm = Value of unlevered firm + Debt value×Tax rate

 

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