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ABC Products needs to replace its rawhide tanning and molding equipment. It can be used for five years and will have no salvage value. The equipment costs $930,000. The firm can lease it for $245,000 a year, or it can borrow the money to purchase the equipment at 7%. The firm's tax rate is 34%. The CCA rate is 20% (Class 8).What is the present value of the depreciation tax shield? Select one: a. $277,177 b. $26,876 c. $251,193 d. $243,885 e. $236,959
Answer is D: $243,885 (difference between this amount and caln below is due to rounding off difference
Given | ||
Asset Value | 930000.00 | |
Salvage Value | 0 | |
Depreciable Life (Years) | 5 | |
Depn Rate | 20% | |
Tax Rate | 34% | |
Discount Rate (Cost of Capital to Company for Borrowing) | 7% | |
We need to find the PV of the Tax Shield we get on Depreciation | ||
Tax Shield on Depn = (Depn Amount p.a. * Tax Rate) | ||
Pv of Tax Shield on Depn = Tax Shield on Depn / [(1 + Discount Rate)^N] | ||
Annual Depn [(930,000-0)/5] | 186000 | |
Annual Tax Shield on Depn (186000*34%) | 63240 | |
Every year we save 63,240 due to Depn, now we need to discount it back for 5 years | ||
Please note, that Depn Exp in the first year results in a tax shield in the following year. So we start taking Tax shield from Year 2:
Year | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 |
PVF @ 7% | 0.9346 | 0.8734 | 0.8163 | 0.7629 | 0.7130 | 0.6663 |
Tax Shield | 63240 | 63240 | 63240 | 63240 | 63240 | 63240 |
PV of Tax Shield | - | 55,236 | 51,623 | 48,245 | 45,089 | 42,139 |
Total PV of Tax Shield | $242,333 |