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A firm in the third year of depreciating its only asset, which originally cost
$ 177 comma 000$177,000
and has a 5-year MACRS recovery period
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, has gathered the following data relative to the current year's operations:
Accruals |
$16,000 |
Current assets |
110,000 |
Interest expense |
14,200 |
Sales revenue |
409,000 |
Inventory |
69,800 |
Total costs before depreciation, interest and taxes |
289,000 |
Tax rate on ordinary income |
21% |
a. Use the relevant data to determine the operating cash flow for the current year.
b. Explain the impact that depreciation, as well as any other noncash charges, has on a firm's cash flows.
Cost of the Ony Asset of the firm: $177,000 | ||||||||
Particulars | Amount ($) | |||||||
Sales | 409,000 | |||||||
Cost | 289,000 | |||||||
Profits | 120,000 | |||||||
Cost of Debt | 14,200 | |||||||
105,800 | ||||||||
Taxes (21%) | 21160 | |||||||
Earnings after Tax (Cashflow for current year) | 84,640 | |||||||
Since the only Asset of the firm purchased for $177,000 has the 5-year MACRS Recovery period, is currently in the 3rd year of Depreciation, | ||||||||
and the Depreciation that can be charaged would be 19.2%: | ||||||||
= 177,000 x0.192 = 37,170 | ||||||||
So that deduction to the taxable earning would be = $105,000 - $37,170 = $67,830 | ||||||||
So the tax liability will reduce to $67,830 x0.21 = $14,244.3 from $21,160 and hence the cashflows will increase from: | ||||||||
$84,640 + ($21,160-$14,244) = $91,556 |