The Jones Company has just completed the third year of a five-year MACRS recovery period for a piece of equipment it originally purchased for $303,000.
a. What is the book value of the equipment?
b. If Jones sells the equipment today for $176,000 and its tax rate is 35%, what is the after-tax cash flow from selling it?
c. Just before it is about to sell the equipment, Jones receives a new order. It can take the new order if it keeps the old equipment. Is there a cost to taking the order and if so, what is it? Explain? (Assume the new order will consume the remainder of the? machine's useful? life.)