Question

An asset used in a 4-year project falls in the 5-year MACRS class for tax purposes. The asset has an acquisition cost of $8,300,000 and will be sold for $1,960,000 at the end of the project. If the tax rate is 22 percent, what is the aftertax salvage value of the asset? Refer to (MACRS schedule) (Do not round intermediate calculations and enter your answer in dollars, not millions of dollars, rounded to the nearest whole number, e.g., 1,234,567)

Answer 1

1]	Cost of the asset	$   83,00,000
	Accumulated depreciation under MACRS [5 Year] = 8300000*(20%+32%+19.2%+11.52%) =	$   68,65,760
	Book value at EOY 4	$   14,34,240
	[Also, 8300000*(11.52%+5.76%) = $478,080]
2]	Sale value	$   19,60,000
3]	Gain on sale [1960000-1434240]	$     5,25,760
4]	Tax on gain = 525760*22% =	$     1,15,667
5]	After tax salvage value = 1960000-115667 =	$   18,44,333