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Your Company is considering a new project that will require $880,000 of new equipment at the start of the project. The equipment will have a depreciable life of 5 years and will be depreciated to a book value of $300,000 using straight-line depreciation. The cost of capital is 13%, and the firm's tax rate is 21%. Estimate the present value of the tax benefits from depreciation.
$116,000
$91,640
$85,680
$24,360
Annual Depreciation = (Cost Of The Asset- Salvage Value)/ Life Of The Asset | ||||
= $880000-300000/5 years | ||||
= $116000 per year | ||||
Tax on depreciation =$116000*21%=24360 | ||||
Year | Cash Flow | PV Factor | PV Of Cash Flow | |
a | b | c=1/1.13^a | d=b*c | |
1 | $ 24,360 | 0.884956 | $ 21,557.52 | |
2 | $ 24,360 | 0.783147 | $ 19,077.45 | |
3 | $ 24,360 | 0.69305 | $ 16,882.70 | |
4 | $ 24,360 | 0.613319 | $ 14,940.44 | |
5 | $ 24,360 | 0.54276 | $ 13,221.63 | |
Present value of tax benefits | $ 85,680 | |||