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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  |