What is the present value of the debt tax shield if the cost of debt is 10%, value of the debt is $199 million, and corporate tax rate is 32%?

Enter and round your answer to the nearest one-hundredth of a million dollars. Do not include the dollar sign ($).

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What is the present value of the debt tax shield if the cost of debt is 10%, value of the debt is $199 million, and corporate tax rate is 32%?

Enter and round your answer to the nearest one-hundredth of a million dollars.  Do not include the dollar sign ($).

BlackTom AI · Accepted Answer

PV of the debt tax shield = corporate tax rate × value of debt when tax shields are perpetual and discounted at the cost of debt.

Step 1 — Key concepts:
- Interest tax shield each year = tax rate (Tc) × interest paid.
- If debt D is permanent and interest rate on debt is rd, annual interest = rd × D.
- Present value of a perpetual annual tax shield discounted at rd is (annual tax shield)/rd. That simplifies to Tc × D.

Step 2 — Compute with given numbers:
- Tc = 32% = 0.32
- D = $199 million
Method A (direct simplification):
- PV = Tc × D = 0.32 × 199

Method B (two-step calculation to show intermediate values):
- Annual interest = rd × D = 0.10 × 199 = 19.9 million
- Annual tax shield = Tc × (annual interest) = 0.32 × 19.9 = 6.368 million
- PV of perpetual tax shield = (annual tax shield)/rd = 6.368 / 0.10 = 63.68 million

Intermediate arithmetic (Method A):
- 0.32 × 199 = 0.32 × (200 − 1) = 64.00 − 0.32 = 63.68

Step 3 — Why this is correct:
- Discounting the perpetual annual tax shield at the debt rate rd cancels rd in numerator and denominator, leaving Tc × D. Both calculation routes yield the same 63.68 million, consistent with the standard formula for perpetually financed debt.

Step 4 — Why alternative misunderstandings are incorrect:
- Using Tc × rd × D as the PV would give the annual tax shield, not its present value.
- Dividing Tc × D by rd again (i.e., Tc × D / rd) would double-count discounting and is incorrect.
- Discounting at a different rate (e.g., WACC) would change the PV; the standard assumption here is discounting at the cost of debt.

Conclusion: The present value of the debt tax shield is 63.68 (million), which matches the provided answer.

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