Your company is thinking about a new project that will require $2.2 million of new equipment at the start of the project. The equipment will have a depreciable life of 12 years and will depreciate to a book value of $400,000 using the straight-line depreciation method. The cost of capital is 15 percent, and the firm's tax rate is 36 percent. What will the yearly after-tax depreciation benefit to the company be over the depreciable life of the equipment?
A. $54,000 B. $128,000 C. $64,000 D. $96,000