Unilog Is Considering Leasing a Computer from UniNet Under a 6-Year

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Multiple Choice

Unilog is considering leasing a computer from UniNet under a 6-year lease. The computer costs $200,000 and will be depreciated as a 5-year MACRS asset. The expected salvage value of the computer after 6 years is $20,000. UniNet's marginal tax rate is 35% and its average tax rate is 30%. UniNet requires a 13% after-tax rate of return on leases of this type. What annual, pretax, beginning-of-the-year lease payment must Unilog make to UniNet? (Problem requires MACRS depreciation tables.)

• A) $48,786
• B) $31,711
• C) $50,500
• D) $16,848

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