An asset used in a four-year project falls in the five-year MACRS class for tax purposes. The asset has an acquisition cost of $6,020,000 and will be sold for $1,220,000 at the end of the project. If the tax rate is 35 percent, what is the aftertax salvage value of the asset

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Answer:

The after-tax salvage value of the asset is:

= $793,000.

Explanation:

a) Data and Calculations:

Asset acquisition cost = $6,020,000

Salvage value = $1,220,000

MACRS Depreciation Expenses = $4,800,000

Project useful life or project duration = 5 years

Tax rate = 35%

Tax expense = $427,000

After-tax salvage value = $793,000 ($1,220,000 - $427,000)

b) The salvage value of the project asset is the recovery or residual value after depreciation expenses have been recognized over the project asset's useful life. Ā Depreciation is an accounting method of spreading the cost of an asset over its useful life. Ā There are many depreciation methods, including straight-line, double-declining, unit-of-production, sum-of-the-years digits, etc.