Question

The Jones Company has just completed the third year of a five-year MACRS recovery period for a piece of equipment it originally purchased for $305,000. a. What is the book value of the equipment? b. If Jones sells the equipment today for $178,000 and its tax rate is 35%, what is the after-tax cash flow from selling it? Note: Assume that the equipment is put into use in year 1. a. What is the book value of the equipment? The book value of the equipment after the third year is $ . (Round to the nearest dollar.) b. If Jones sells the equipment today for $178,000 and its tax rate is 35%, what is the after-tax cash flow from selling it? The total after-tax proceeds from the sale will be $ . (Round to the nearest dollar.)

Answer 1

a

Book value = (purchase price)*(1-sum of MACR rates from beginning to current date)
= (305000)*(1-0.2-0.32-0.192)
= 87840
b. After tax salvage value = selling price*(1-tax rate)+book value*tax rate
=178000*(1-0.35)+87840*0.35
=146444