Answer:
15%
Explanation:
The computation of the cost of equity in case of no taxes is shown below:
Cost of equity without tax = Cost of equity + (cost of equity - cost of debt) × debt equity ratio
where,
Cost of equity = 12%
Cost fo debt = 9%
And, the debt equity ratio = 1
Now placing these values to the above formula,
So, the cost of equity without considering the tax is
= 0.12 + (0.12 - 0.09) × 1
= 0.12 + 0.03 × 1
= 0.12 + 0.03
= 0.15
= 15%
