XYZ Corporation has a deferred compensation plan under which it allows certain employees to defer up to 40 percent of their salary for five years. For purposes of this problem, ignore payroll taxes in your computations. (Use Table 1.) (Round your intermediate calculations and final answers to the nearest whole dollar amount.)
a. Assume XYZ has a marginal tax rate of 21 percent for the foreseeable future and earns an after-tax rate of return of 12 percent on its assets. Joel Johnson, XYZs VP of finance, is attempting to determine what amount of deferred compensation XYZ should be willing to pay in five years that would make XYZ indifferent between paying the current salary of $13,200 and paying the deferred compensation. What amount of deferred compensation would accomplish this objective?
b. Assume Julie, an XYZ employee, has the option of participating in XYZs deferred compensation plan. Julies marginal tax rate is 37 percent, and she expects the rate to remain constant over the next five years. Julie is trying to decide how much deferred compensation she will need to receive from XYZ in five years to make her indifferent between receiving the current salary of $13,200 and receiving the deferred compensation payment. If Julie takes the salary, she will invest it in a taxable corporate bond paying interest at 7 percent annually (after taxes). What amount of deferred compensation would accomplish this objective?
Future Value of $1 Periods 1.0% 2.0% 3.0% 3.75% 4.0% 4.25% 5.0% 6.0% 7.0% 1 2 3 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 1.01000 1.02010 1.03030 1.04060 1.05101 1.06152 1.07214 1.08286 1.09369 1.10462 1.11567 1.12683 1.13809 1.14947 1.16097 1.17258 1.18430 1.19615 1.20811 1.22019 1.28243 1.34785 1.02000 1.04040 1.06121 1.08243 1.10408 1.12616 1.14869 1.17166 1.19509 1.21899 1.24337 1.26824 1.29361 1.31948 1.34587 1.37279 1.40024 1.42825 1.45681 1.48595 1.64061 1.81136 1.03000 1.06090 1.09273 1.12551 1.15927 1.19405 1.22987 1.26677 1.30477 1.34392 1.38423 1.42576 1.46853 1.51259 1.55797 1.60471 1.65285 1.70243 1.75351 1.80611 2.09378 2.42726 1.03750 1.07641 1.11677 1.15865 1.20210 1.24718 1.29395 1.34247 1.39281 1.44504 1.49923 1.55545 1.61378 1.67430 1.73709 1.80223 1.86981 1.93993 2.01268 2.08815 2.51017 3.01747 1.04000 1.08 160 1.12486 1.16986 1.21665 1.26532 1.31593 1.36857 1.42331 1.48024 1.53945 1.60103 1.66507 1.73168 1.80094 1.87298 1.94790 2.02582 2.10685 2.19112 2.66584 3.24340 1.04250 1.08681 1.13300 1.18115 1.23135 1.28368 1.33824 1.39511 1.45440 1.51621 1.58065 1.64783 1.71786 1.79087 1.86699 1.94633 2.02905 2.11529 2.20519 2.29891 2.83075 3.48564 1.05000 1.10250 1.15763 1.21551 1.27628 1.34010 1.40710 1.47746 1.55133 1.62889 1.71034 1.79586 1.88565 1.97993 2.07893 2.18287 2.29202 2.40662 2.52695 2.65330 3.38635 4.32194 1.06000 1.12360 1.19102 1.26248 1.33823 1.41852 1.50363 1.59385 1.68948 1.79085 1.89830 2.01220 2.13293 2.26090 2.39656 2.54035 2.69277 2.85434 3.02560 3.20714 4.29187 5.74349 1.07000 1.14490 1.22504 1.31080 1.40255 1.50073 1.60578 1.71819 1.83846 1.96715 2.10485 2.25219 2.40985 2.57853 2.75903 2.95216 3.15882 3.37993 3.61653 3.86968 5.42743 7.61226 15 16 17 18 19 20 25 30 Periods 8.0% 9.0% 10.0% 11.0% 12.0% % 13.0% 14.0% 15.0% 20.0% 25.0% 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 1.08000 1.16640 1.25971 1.36049 1.46933 1.58687 1.71382 1.85093 1.99900 2.15892 2.33164 2.51817 2.71962 2.93719 3.17217 3.42594 3.70002 3.99602 4.31570 4.66096 6.84848 10.06266 1.09000 1.18810 1.29503 1.41158 1.53862 1.67710 1.82804 1.99256 2.17189 2.36736 2.58043 2.81266 3.06580 3.34173 3.64248 3.97031 4.32763 4.71712 5.14166 5.60441 8.62308 13.26768 1.10000 1.21000 1.33100 1.46410 1.61051 1.77156 1.94872 2.14359 2.35795 2.59374 2.85312 3.13843 3.45227 3.79750 4.17725 4.59497 5.05447 5.55992 6.11591 6.72750 10.83471 17.44940 1.11000 1.23210 1.36763 1.51807 1.68506 1.87041 2.07616 2.30454 2.55804 2.83942 3.15176 3.49845 3.88328 4.31044 4.78459 5.31089 5.89509 6.54355 7.26334 8.06231 13.58546 22.89230 1.12000 1.25440 1.40493 1.57352 1.76234 1.97382 2.21068 2.47596 2.77308 3.10585 3.47855 3.89598 4.36349 4.88711 5.47357 6.13039 6.86604 7.68997 8.61276 9.64629 17.00006 29.95992 1.13000 1.27690 1.44290 1.63047 1.84244 2.08195 2.35261 2.65844 3.00404 3.39457 3.83586 4.33452 4.89801 5.53475 6.25427 7.06733 7.98608 9.02427 10.19742 11.52309 21.23054 39.11590 1.14000 1.29960 1.48154 1.68896 1.92541 2.19497 2.50227 2.85259 3.25195 3.70722 4.22623 4.81790 5.49241 6.26135 7.13794 8.13725 9.27646 10.57517 12.05569 13.74349 26.46192 50.95016 1.15000 1.32250 1.52088 1.74901 2.01136 2.31306 2.66002 3.05902 3.51788 4.04556 4.65239 5.35025 6.15279 7.07571 8.13706 9.35762 10.76126 12.37545 14.23177 16.36654 32.91895 66.21177 1.20000 1.44000 1.72800 2.07360 2.48832 2.98598 3.58318 4.29982 5.15978 6.19174 7.43008 8.91610 10.69932 12.83918 15.40702 18.48843 22.18611 26.62333 31.94800 38.33760 95.39622 237.37631 1.25000 1.56250 1.95313 2.44141 3.05176 3.81470 4.76837 5.96046 7.45058 9.31323 11.64153 14.55192 18.18989 22.73737 28.42171 35.52714 44.40892 55.51115 69.38894 86.73617 264.69780 807.79357 20 25 30
