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Juliet will lease machinery for her business with a cost of capital of 15% per quarter. Her quarterly payments are: $7000 today, $5000 in 3 months, $3000 in 6 months, and $1000 in 9 months. Her tax rate is 15%. What is the present value of her post-tax lease payments?
Quarter | Pre-tax cash flow | Tax | Post tax cash flow | PV factor | PV of Post tax cash flow |
a | b | c=b*15% | d=b-c | e=1/1.15^a | f=d*e |
0 | $ 7,000 | $ 1,050 | $ 5,950 | 1 | $ 5,950.00 |
1 | $ 5,000 | $ 750 | $ 4,250 | 0.8696 | $ 3,695.65 |
2 | $ 3,000 | $ 450 | $ 2,550 | 0.7561 | $ 1,928.17 |
3 | $ 1,000 | $ 150 | $ 850 | 0.6575 | $ 558.89 |
Present value of post-tax cash inflow | $ 12,132.71 |