Assume that you contribute $200 a month to a retirement plan for 15 years. Then you are able to increase the contribution to $400 a month for another 25 years. Given a 5% interest rate what is the value of your retirement plan after 40 years?
Your Company is considering a new project that will require $520,000 of new equipment at the start of the project. The equipment will have a depreciable life of 8 years and will be depreciated to a book value of $184,000 using straight-line depreciation. The cost of capital is 11%, and the firm's tax rate is 40%. Estimate the present value of the tax benefits from depreciation