He stock is currently selling for $15.25 per share, and its noncallable $1,000 par value, 20-year, 7.25% bonds with semiannual payments are selling for $875.00. the beta is 1.25, the yield on a 6-month treasury bill is 3.50%, and the yield on a 20-year treasury bond is 5.50%. the required return on the stock market is 11.50%, but the market has had an average annual return of 14.50% during the past 5 years. the firm's tax rate is 40%. what is the best estimate of the after-tax cost of debt?

The following information is from the 2019 records of albert book shop: accounts receivable, december 31, 2019 $ 42 comma 000 (debit) allowance for bad debts, december 31, 2019 prior to adjustment 2 comma 000 (debit) net credit sales for 2019 179 comma 000 accounts written off as uncollectible during 2017 15 comma 000 cash sales during 2019 28 comma 500 bad debts expense is estimated by the method. management estimates that $ 5 comma 300 of accounts receivable will be uncollectible. calculate the amount of bad debts expense for 2019.