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MGMT 273 Fall Quiz: Chapter 9 Quiz Submt Qui This Question: 1 pt This Quiz: 13 p

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MGMT 273 Fall Quiz: Chapter 9 Quiz Submt Qui This Question: 1 pt This Quiz: 13 pts a useful life of five years, and its marginal corporate tax rate is 35% The company plans to use straight line depreciation. a. What is the annual deprec b. What is the annual tax shield? should it choose? Why? e. How might your answer to part (d) change if Markov anticipates that its marginal corporate tax rate wil increase ciated with this equipment? a. What is the annual depreciation expense a b. What is the annual depreciation tax shield? Click to select your a

Explanation / Answer

a. Annual depreciation expense = Cost of equipment / useful life of equipment
= 12.7million / 5 years = $2,540,000

b. Annual depreciation tax shield = $2,540,000 * tax rate 35% = $889,000

c. Deprecation tax shield based on MACRS depreciation:

Year

Depreciation rate

Depreciation expenses

Depreciation tax shield

0

20%

         2,540,000

                 889,000

1

32%

         4,064,000

              1,422,400

2

19.20%

         2,438,400

                 853,440

3

11.52%

         1,463,040

                 512,064

4

11.52%

         1,463,040

                 512,064

5

5.76%

             731,520

                 256,032

d. In both cases the depreciation tax shield is the same. but under MACRS depreciation Tax shield receives sooner.

e. If tax rate increases, then it is better to claim higher depreciation expenses in later years thus with this we can get the tax benefit.

Year

Depreciation rate

Depreciation expenses

Depreciation tax shield

0

20%

         2,540,000

                 889,000

1

32%

         4,064,000

              1,422,400

2

19.20%

         2,438,400

                 853,440

3

11.52%

         1,463,040

                 512,064

4

11.52%

         1,463,040

                 512,064

5

5.76%

             731,520

                 256,032