Carmichael Cleaners needs a new steam finishing machine that costs $100,000. The company is evaluating...

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Carmichael Cleaners needs a new steam finishing machine that costs $100,000. The company is evaluating whether it should lease or purchase the machine. The equipment falls into the MACRS 3-year class, and it would be used for 3 years and then sold, because the firm plans to move to a new facility at that time. The estimated value of the equipment after 3 years is $30,000. A maintenance contract on the equipment would cost $3,000 per year, payable at the beginning of each year. Alternatively, the firm could lease the equipment for 3 years for a lease payment of $29,000 per year, payable at the beginning of each year. The lease would include maintenance. The firm is in the 20% tax bracket, and it could obtain a 3-year simple interest loan, interest payable at the end of the year, to purchase the equipment at a before-tax cost of 10%. If there is a positive Net Advantage to Leasing the firm will lease the equipment. Otherwise, it will buy it. What is the NAL? (Note: Assume MACRS rates for Years 1 to 4 are 0.3333, 0.4445, 0.1481, and 0.0741.)

a.

$5,734

b.

$6,023

c.

$6,324

d.

$6,640

e.

$6,972

ANSWER:

a

Life of equipment:

3

Tax rate:

20%

Loan amount = equipment cost:

$100,000

Maintenance costs:

$3,000

Interest rate, simple:

10.0%

Salvage value:

$30,000

Lease Pmt:

$29,000

Loan Analysis:

0

1

2

3

Totals

MACRS factor

0.3333

0.4445

0.1418

0.9196

Depreciation

33,330

44,550

14,180

91,960

Loan repayment

100,000

Interest

10,000

10,000

10,000

Int tax saving (Interest T)

2,000

2,000

2,000

Maintenance

3,000

3,000

3,000

Maint. tax saving (Maint. T)

600

600

600

Depr'n tax saving (Deprn T)

6,666

8,890

2,836

Net operating CF

2,400

3,734

1,490

105,164

Salvage value before taxes

30,000

Book value (Cost Total dep'rn)

8,040

Taxable salvage value

21,960

Tax on salvage value

4,392

Salvage value after taxes

25,608

Total Net CF

2,400

3,734

1,510

79,556

PV cost at I(1 T) = 8.00%

70,306

Lease Analysis:

0

1

2

3

Lease payment

29,000

29,000

29,000

Tax saving on pmt

5,800

5,800

5,800

0

Net cost of lease

23,200

23,200

23,200

0

PV cost of leasing at I(1 T)

64,572

NAL = $5,734

I have the answer i just don't understand how they obtained book value 8040, can you please explain how to get the salvage value after tax 25,608......can you show the math calculation of it even the basic small calculation

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