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Using the NHTSA standard, how many statistical lives must be saved each year to justify the highway? Assume that i is 5% and N is 60 years.
What amount should the estate receive for lost income and benefits using an interest rate of 8%?
What is the present value of the family's lost income? Is this a realistic estimate of the value of a human life?
How much toll should be charged for each crossing? Rounding that toll up to the nearest nickel, what is the consumers' surplus?
New Tech has decided to redesign its open office areas. It has decided to install workstation cubicles. Find the after-tax cash flows for years 0 through 15.
If the machine is sold for $2000 in year 10 what is the after-tax cash flow due to depreciation and sale in year 10? Assume that the firm is in top tax bracket.
What are the after-tax cash flows without Section 179? What are the after-tax cash flows with Section 179?
Find the EAC after taxes for a computer that costs $15,000 to purchase and $3500 per year to run and that has a salvage value of $1000 at the end of year 7.
The R&D lab of Big Tech Manufacturing will purchase $1.8M process simulator. What is the equipment's after-tax EAC over the 5 years if the interest rate is 10%?
The purchase of a minicomputer is being considered. Find the after-tax cash flow for year 3 for the computer using MACRS and the current tax law.
An engineering and construction management firm with a $1M taxable income is opening a branch office. What are ATCFs for the furniture for the first five years
A toll road between Kansas City and Chicago is being considered. Assume that it will be government financed. How could each value be estimated?
If Laura and Ring are planning to marry, should they do it in December or January? How much of their honeymoon expenses can they fund with the difference?
Laura is in her 10th year with a rapidly growing high tech company. What is her taxable income, tax, marginal tax rate, and average tax rate?
Ring is in his third year with a rapidly growing high-tech company. What is his taxable income, tax, marginal tax rate, and average tax rate?
Research a federal, state, or municipal tax credit relevant to engineering project. When was it enacted? What are its major provisions and how is it calculated?
If most firms use an interest rate of 15% and are taxed at 34%, which plan is more attractive to them? Plan A allows a 10% credit with a 10-year MACRS schedule.
Country B permits SOYD but requires a 20-year depreciation period. Where is the plant's PW higher? By how much?
New Tech is in need of new jigs for some assembly equipment. Using MACRS depreciation, a tax rate of 34%, and a MARR of 10%, which jigs should be chosen?
Using a tax rate of 34% and straight-line depreciation over the 10-year life, determine the IRR.
Using MACRS, determine the IRR for the project if the company is taxed at the 25% marginal rate. Do not use Section 179.
What is the after-tax IRR? What is the after-tax IRR if the loan in Problem 13.37 is used to buy the equipment?
If the simulator in Problem 13.16 is purchased on a 3-year loan, what is the EAC? What is the ATCF due to the simulator in year 5?
If the minimum acceptable after-tax rate of return is 12%, what is the maximum amount that should be spent on the corrosion resistant bridge?
Sandwich Co., whose earnings put it in 46% combined state and federal tax bracket. Determine the EAW using Straight-line depreciation and MACRS depreciation.