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  • Dec 11, 2011, 10:40 PM
    pookienookie
    Help Finding Tax Savings due to depreciation rate
    Hi, I am working on a project and I am confused about how to complete my project. The following is an example similar to my project which provides me with a solution manual. I am trying to figure out the calculation of the Payback period.

    Cost of new equipment $200,000
    Expected life of equipment in years 5
    Disposal value in 5 years $40,000
    Life production - number of cans 10,000,000
    Annual production or purchase needs 1,000,000
    Initial training costs 10,000
    Number of workers needed 3
    Annual hours to be worked per employee 2300
    Earnings per hour for employees $8.50
    Annual health benefits per employee $1,500
    Other annual benefits per employee-% of wages 18%
    Cost of raw materials per can $0.20
    Other variable production costs per can $0.10
    Costs to purchase cans - per can $0.50
    Required rate of return 10%
    Tax rate 35%

    They have a tax savings due to depreciation rate of $32000 I am not sure how to find this number
  • Dec 12, 2011, 07:41 AM
    ArcSine
    The "tax savings due to depreciation" doesn't seem to square with the 32,000 figure, but assuming straight-line depreciation, the annual depreciation write-off would be

    (200K - 40K / 5 = 32,000.

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