The baltic company is consider the purchase of a new machine tool to replace an obsolete one. The machine being used for the operation has a tax book value of $80,000 with an annual depreciation expense of 8,000. it has a salvage value (resale value )of 40,000, is in good working order, and can last at least 10 more years. the proposed machine will perform the operation so much more proficiently that baltic engineers estimate that labor, material, and other direct costs of the operation may be reduced 60,000 a year if it is installed. The proposed machine costs 240,000 delivered and installed, and it's economic life is predictable at 10 years, with zero salvage value. the company expects to earn 14% on it's investment after taxes(14% is the firm's cost of capital). the tax rate is 40 percent and the firm uses straighline depreciation. Any gain or loss on the machine is subject to tax at 40 %.
Should baltic buy the new machine?