Exam 12: Income Taxes for Corporations

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A production equipment at a cost of $500,000 has been purchased by a contract manufacturing company to meet the specific needs of customer that had awarded a 4-year contract with the possibility of extending the contract for another 4 years. The company plans to use the MACRS depreciation method for this equipment as a 7-year property for tax purposes. The income tax rate for the company is 39%, and it expects to have an after -tax rate of return of 12% for all its investments. The equipment generated an annual income of $100,000 for the first four years. The customer decided not to renew the contract after 4 years. Consequently, the company decided to sell the equipment for $180,000 at the end of 4 years. Determine if the company obtained the expected after-tax rate of return on this investment.

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A small business sold an equipment for $100,000 after depreciating the equipment using SOYD depreciation method. The federal tax liability on this depreciation recapture is $34,000 if the company also had other taxable income of $150,000 in that year.

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Case Study 12 First cost of equipment = $150,000 Market value at the end of year 6 = $30,000 MACRS depreciation is used. The equipment is a 5-year property. Incremental income-tax rate for the company = 35% Year 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 BT-CF in \ -150 60 63 66 69 72 75 ORM Expenses 10 13 16 19 22 25 -The fourth -year taxable income is equal to ________________.

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An equipment purchased at a cost $80,000 by a local company is being depreciated using MACRS method as a 5-year property. At the end of four years, the management decided to sell the equipment for a modest price of $20,000. The company is in the 34% tax bracket. Compute the tax consequence on the sale of this equipment.

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A distribution center purchased an equipment for $100,000 and has depreciated the equipment using the MACRS depreciation schedule as a 7-year property. The operating income in year 2 was $200,000 and the expenses were $87,000. If the company is in the 40% income tax bracket, determine the after-tax cash flow in year 2 The tax on depreciation recapture in year 2 is equal to __________________.

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Case Study 12 First cost of equipment = $150,000 Market value at the end of year 6 = $30,000 MACRS depreciation is used. The equipment is a 5-year property. Incremental income-tax rate for the company = 35% Year 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 BT-CF in \ -150 60 63 66 69 72 75 ORM Expenses 10 13 16 19 22 25 -The first-year after tax-cash flow is _____________.

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Case Study 12 First cost of equipment = $150,000 Market value at the end of year 6 = $30,000 MACRS depreciation is used. The equipment is a 5-year property. Incremental income-tax rate for the company = 35% Year 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 BT-CF in \ -150 60 63 66 69 72 75 ORM Expenses 10 13 16 19 22 25 -The tax on depreciation recapture in year 6 is equal to __________________.

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For a company with a taxable income of $10.5M, determine the: A) marginal B) average tax rates

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Eric Systems located in Georgia expects a 10% after-tax rate of return on equipment investments. The state income tax rate is 6%. If the company is in the 34% federal tax bracket, estimate the before-tax rate of return required.

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A piece of property bought by XYZ Corporation a few years ago was sold for $5 M. The cost basis for this property was $2.75 M. The company had a taxable income of $12.15 million in the year the property was sold. The capital gain tax on this property is $337,500.

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A firm operates in a state that has a corporate income tax rate of 5% and is deductible from the federal taxes. If the incremental federal tax is 34%, then the combined effective tax rate is 35.9%

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The income tax rates are the same for capital gains and depreciation recapture of an asset.

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Johnson's Inc. made $250,000 in 2015 in consulting business in Tennessee. The company had other taxable income of $1,000,000 in year 2015. The federal income tax for the consulting work done in Tennessee is $85,500

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