Your firm is considering a project that would require


Your firm is considering a project that would require purchasing $7.1 million worth of new equipment. Determine the present value of the depreciation tax shield associated with this equipment if the firm's tax rate is 36%, the appropriate cost of capital is 9%, and the equipment can be depreciated:

a. Straight-line over a ten-year period, with the first deduction starting in one year.

The present value of the depreciation tax shield associated with this equipment is ?   million.

b. Straight-line over a five-year period, with the first deduction starting in one year.

The present value of the depreciation tax shield associated with this equipment is ?  million.

c. Using MACRS depreciation with a five-year recovery period and starting immediately.

The present value of the depreciation tax shield associated with this equipment is ?  million.

d. Fully as an immediate deduction.

 

The present value of the depreciation tax shield is ?  million

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