Eccles Inccorporated Eccles Incorporated, a Zero Growth Firm, Has an Expected EBIT

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Eccles Inccorporated
Eccles Incorporated, a zero growth firm, has an expected EBIT of $100,000 and a corporate tax rate of 25%.Eccles uses $500,000 of 12.0% debt, and the cost of equity to an unlevered firm in the same risk class is 16.0%.
-Refer to the data for Eccles Incorporated.Assume that the firm's gain from leverage according to the Miller model is $126,667.If the effective personal tax rate on stock income is T_S = 20%, what is the implied personal tax rate on debt income?

A) 12.8%
B) 14.2%
C) 15.8%
D) 17.6%
E) 19.6%