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A company purchases an asset that costs $46,000. This asset
qualifies as three-year property under MACRS. The company uses an
after-tax discount rate of 12% and faces a 31% income tax rate.
(Use Table 1, Table 2 and Exhibit 12.4.)
1. Demonstrate that the PV of the depreciation deductions, when the
income tax rate is 31%, is $11,472.
2. Given an after-tax discount rate of 12%, what tax rate would be
needed in order for the PV of the depreciation deductions to equal
$14,260? Use the Goal Seek function of Excel.