The Jones Company has just completed the third year of a 5-year diminishing value recovery period for a piece of equipment it originally purchased for $ 297 000. The depreciation rate is 40%. a. What is the book value of the equipment? b. If Jones sells the equipment today for $ 80 000 and its tax rate is 30 %, what is the after-tax cash flow from selling it? c. Just before it is about to sell the equipment, Jones receives a new order. It can take the new order if it keeps the old equipment. Is there a cost to taking the order and if so, what is it? Explain. (Assume the new order will consume the remainder of the machine's useful life.)
a. The book value of the equipment after the third year is $ nothing. (Round to the nearest dollar.) b. If Jones Company sells the equipment today for $ 80 000 and its tax rate is 30 %, the total after-tax proceeds from the sale will be $ nothing. (Round to the nearest dollar.) c. Just before it is about to sell the equipment, Jones receives a new order. It can take the new order if it keeps the old equipment. Is there a cost to taking the order and if so, what is it? Explain. (Select the best choice below.) A. Yes, the cost of taking the order is the extra depreciation on the machine. B. Yes, the cost of taking the order is the lost $ 64 152 in book value. C. Yes, the cost of taking the order is the lost after-tax cash flow of $ 75 246 from selling the machine. D. No, Jones already owns the machine, so there is no cost to using it for the order.
a]
book value of company at end of third year = $297,000 * (1 - 40%)3 = $64,152
b]
book value = $64,152
sale price = $80,000
tax on sale of equipment = ($80,000 - $64,152) * 30% = $4,754
after-tax cash flow = $80,000 - $4,754 = $75,246
c]
The answer is D - there is no cost as the machine is already owned
A is incorrect as there is no extra depreciation. the depreciation would have been incurred irrespective of the new order
B is incorrect as book value is irrelevant
C is incorrect as the after-tax cash flow from sale of equipment will now be received at the end of fifth year (although the salvage value at the end of 5th year will be considerably lower, or even zero, the depreciation tax shield may offset this. Additional data is required)
The best answer is (D)
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