Telstar Communications is going to purchase an asset for $800,000 that will produce $390,000 per year for the next four years in earnings before depreciation and taxes. The asset will be depreciated using the three-year MACRS depreciation schedule in Table 1212. (This represents four years of depreciation based on the half-year convention.) The firm is in a 36 percent tax bracket.

Fill in the schedule below for the next four years.

Table 12-12

Year 1 Year 2 Year 3 Year 4 Earnings before depreciation and taxes Depreciation Earnings before taxes Taxes Earnings after taxes Depreciation Cash flow Table 12-12 Depreciation percentages (expressed in decimals) Depreciation Year 3-Year MACRS MACRS MACRS MACRS MACRS MACRS 5-Year 7-Year 10-Year 15-Year 20-Year 0.200 0.320 0.192 0.115 0.115 0.058 0.143 0.245 0.175 0.125 0.089 0.089 0.089 0.045 0.100 0.180 0.144 0.115 0.092 0.074 0.066 0.066 0.065 0.065 0.033 0.050 0.095 0.086 0.077 0.069 0.062 0.059 0.059 0.059 0.059 0.059 0.059 0.059 0.059 0.059 0.030 0.038 0.072 0.067 0.062 0.057 0.053 0.045 0.045 0.045 0.045 0.045 0.045 0.045 0.045 0.045 0.045 0.045 0.045 0.045 0.045 0.017 1.000 2 3 5 9 12.. 15 16 20.. 1.000 1.000 1.000 1.000 1.000