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Butterfly Tractors had $14 million in sales last year. Cost of goods sold was $8.00 million, depreciation expense was $2 million, interest payment on outstanding debt was $1 million, and the firm’s tax rate was 35%.
What would happen to net income and cash flow if depreciation were increased by $1 million? (Enter your numeric answers in millions rounded to 2 decimal places. Select "unaffected" if the results do not affect the balance.)
Current net Income = (Sales - Cost of goods sold - depreciation - interest)*(1-tax rate)
= (14 - 8 - 2 - 1)*(1-0.35)
= 3*0.65
=$1.95 million
Cash flow = Net Income + depreciation
=1.95 +2
=$3.95 million
Now if depreciation increased by $1 million
so new depreciation = 2+1 = 3 million
new net income = (14-8-3-1)*0.65
=2*0.65 = $1.3 million
hence net income reduced by 0.65 million
Cash flow = 1.3 + 3 = $4.3 million
Hence cash flow increased by $0.35 million