Your Company Is Considering a New Project That Will Require

question 37

Multiple Choice

Your company is considering a new project that will require $250,000 of new equipment at the start of the project. The equipment will have a depreciable life of eight years and will be depreciated to a book value of $10,000 using straight-line depreciation. The cost of capital is 12 percent, and the firm's tax rate is 34 percent. Estimate the present value of the tax benefits from depreciation.

• A)$63,617.52
• B)$50,669.93
• C)$75,017.54
• D)$86,997.13

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Definitions:

Equity Method

An accounting technique used to record investments in other companies, where the investment is initially recorded at cost and adjusted over time for the investing company's share of the investee's profit or loss.

Long-Term Investment

Assets that a company intends to hold for more than one year, including stocks, bonds, real estate, and other securities.

Acquisition Method

An accounting approach used for consolidating the financial statements of a parent company and its subsidiaries.