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Nicole's employer, Poe Corporation, provides her with an automobile allowance of $$38,000$ every other year. Her marginal tax rate is $32$ percent. Answer the following questions relating to this fringe benefit.

b$.$ What is Poe's after$-$tax cost of providing the auto allowance?

After$-$tax cost