The Jones Company has just completed the third year of a five-year MACRS recovery period...

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The Jones Company has just completed the third year of a five-year MACRS recovery period for a piece of equipment it originally purchased for $ 300 comma 000.

A. What is the book value of the equipment?

B. If Jones sells the equipment today for $ 180 comma 000 and its tax rate is 35 %, what is the after-tax cash flow from selling it?

C. Just before it is about to sell the equipment, Jones receives a new order. It can take the new order if it keeps the old equipment. Is there a cost to taking the order and if so, what is it? Explain. (Assume the new order will consume the remainder of the machine's useful life.) Note: Assume that the equipment is put into use in year 1.

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