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A firm purchases equipment for $19,000,000. The equipment has a useful life of 11 years and a salvage value of $3,454,545 at the end of the project's life of 11 years. The tax rate is 38%. What is the equipment's after-tax salvage value?
$1,312,727 |
$4,110,909 |
$2,141,818 |
$0 |
Answer: The correct answer is $2,141,818
Salvage Value = $3,454,545
Equipment’s After tax Salvage Value = Salvage Value * (1 – tax
rate)
Equipment’s After tax Salvage Value = $3,454,545 * (1 – 0.38)
Equipment’s After tax Salvage Value = $3,454,545 * 0.62
Equipment’s After tax Salvage Value = $2,141,818