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You are considering the purchase of a new industrial pump that you will use for three years, and it will cost you $40,000 to buy. It will be depreciated using the 3-year MACRS schedule (.33, .45, .15, .07 are the factors) and will be sold at the end of the third year for $8,000. It will also require 3,000 each year in maintenance. If your tax rate is 25% and your cost of capital is 10%, what is the equivalent annual payment for this machine?
where,
i = interest rate
n = life
Please refer to below spreadsheet for calculation and answer. Cell reference also provided.
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Thus, Annual Equivalent Payment = $13,155.44
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