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ISBN: 9781259969515

Author: HILTON

Publisher: RENT MCG

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Chapter 16, Problem 48P

Mind Challenge, Inc. publishes innovative science textbooks for public schools. The company’s management recently acquired the following two new pieces of equipment.

Computer-controlled printing press: cost, $250,000; expected useful life, 12 years.
Duplicating equipment to be used in the administrative offices: cost, $60,000; expected useful life, six years.

The company uses straight-line depreciation for book purposes and the MACRS accelerated depreciation schedule for tax purposes. The firm’s tax rate is 40 percent; its after-tax hurdle rate is 10 percent. Neither machine has any salvage value.

Required: For each of the publishing company’s new pieces of equipment:

1. Prepare a schedule of the annual depreciation expenses for book purposes.
2. Determine the appropriate MACRS property class.
3. Prepare a schedule of the annual depreciation expenses for tax purposes.
4. Compute the present value of the depreciation tax shield.

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