Dakota Trucking Company is evaluating a potential lease for a truck with a 4 year life that costs $40,000 and falls into the MACRS 3 year class... What is the NAL?

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Dakota Trucking Company (DTC) is evaluating a potential lease for a truck with a 4-year life that costs $40,000 and falls into the MACRS 3-year class. If the firm borrows and buys the truck, the loan rate would be 10%, and the loan would be amortized over the trucka??s 4-year life, so the interest expense for taxes would decline over time. The loan payments would be made at the end of each year. The truck will be used for 4 years, at the end of which time it will be sold at an estimated residual value of $10,000. If DTC buys the truck, it would purchase a maintenance contract that costs $1,000 per year, payable at the end of each year. The lease terms, which include maintenance, call for a $10,000 lease payment (4 payments total) at the beginning of each year. DTC's tax rate is 40%. what's the NAI.? (Note: MACRS rates for Years 1 to 4 are 0.33, 0.45, 0.15, and 0.07.) A. $849 B. $896 C. $945 D. $997 E. $1,047