The encroachment, breach, or violation of a right, law, regulation, or contract. The term is most frequently used in reference to the invasion of rights secured by Copyright, patent, or trademark.
Multiply the after-tax interest rate of your debt by the principal amount of your debt. The result will be the true annual dollar cost of your debt. For example, if your loan is for $100,000, your interest rate is 5 percent and your after-tax interest rate is 4 percent, $100,000 times 4 percent equals $4,000.
In the WACC formula, r(D) Ã (1 â t) represents the after-tax cost of debt i.e. the after-tax rate of return which the debt-holders need to earn till the maturity of the debt. Cost of debt of a company is based on the yield to maturity of the relevant instruments.