Depreciation and accounting cash flow: A firm in the third year of depreciating its only asset, which originally cost $176,000 and has a 5-year MACRS recovery period (Table below), has gathered the following data relative to the current year s operations:

Accurals - $14,500

Current Assets - 122,000

Interest Expense - 14,200

Sales Revenue - 401,000

Inventory - 71,000

Total cost before Depreciation, interest and taxes - 290,000

Tax rate on orinary income - 40%

a. Use the relevent data to determine the operating cash flow for the current year. __________________________________________________________________________________

a. Compute the following table to determine the operating cash flow (OCF): (Round to the nearest dollar.)

Operating Cash Flow

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Sales revenue $401,000

Less: Total costs before depreciation, interest, and taxes $290,000

Depreciation expense $?

Earnings before interes and taxes $?

Less: Taxes at 40% $?

Net operating profit after taxes (NOPAT) $?

Plus: Depreciation $?

Operating Cash Flow (OCF) $? __________________________________________________________________________________

Percentage by recovery year*

Recovery Year	3 years	5 years	7 years	10 years
1	33%	20%	14%	10%
2	45%	32%	25%	18%
3	15%	19%	18%	14%
4	7%	12%	12%	12%
5		12%	9%	9%
6		5%	9%	8%
7			9%	7%
8			4%	6%
9				6%
10				6%
11				4%
Totals	100%	100%	100%	100%

*These percentages have been rounded to the nearest whole percent to simplify calculations while retaining realism. To calculate the actual depreciation for tax purposes, be sure to apply the actual unrounded percentages or directly apply double-declining balance (200%) depreciation using the half-year convention.