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Dog chew 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 40%. The CCA rate is 20% (Class 8).What is the present value of the depreciation tax shield?
Computation of Present value of Depreciation Tax Shield:
Depreciation p.a. = 9,30,000.00/ 5years
= 1,86,000.00
Particulars |
Year1 |
Year2 |
Year3 |
Year 4 |
Year 5 |
TOTAL |
1.Depreciation |
186000.00 |
186000.00 |
186000.00 |
186000.00 |
186000.00 |
|
2. Tax Shield on depreciation (Depreciation *40%) |
74400.00 |
74400.00 |
74400.00 |
74400.00 |
74400.00 |
|
3.Present Value Factor @20% (1/1.2^n) |
0.8333 |
0.6944 |
0.5787 |
0.4823 |
0.4019 |
|
4.Present Value of Depreciation tax shield (2*3) |
61997.52 |
51663.36 |
43055.28 |
35883.12 |
29901.36 |
222500.60 |