Question

Your firm needs a computerized machine tool lathe which costs $53,000 and requires $12,300 in maintenance for each year of its 3-year life. After three years, this machine will be replaced. The machine falls into the MACRS 3-year class life category. Assume a tax rate of 34 percent and a discount rate of 12 percent. If the lathe can be sold for $5,300 at the end of year 3, what is the after-tax salvage value

Answer 1

$4,833.282

Step-by-step explanation:

Calculation to determine the after-tax salvage value

First step is to calculate the remaining value after 3 years

Using this formula

Remaining value after 3 years = (Purchase price)x(1-summation of MACR rates from start to the current date)

Let plug in the formula

Remaining value after 3 years=$53,000*[(1-0.3333)-0.4445-0.1481]

Remaining value after 3 years=$53,000*$0.0741

Remaining value after 3 years=$3,927.3

Now let calculate the after-tax salvage value

After-tax salvage value=$5,300-[($5,300-$3,927.3)*0.34]

After-tax salvage value=[$5,300-($1,372.7*0.34)]

After-tax salvage value=$5,300-$466.718

After-tax salvage value=$4,833.282

Therefore The After-tax salvage value will be $4,833.282