You do not need a cashflow diagram for this problem.)Proctor andGamble has a palletizer at the end of a packaging line that cost $72,500. Shipping and site preparation cost $800 and installation cost $400. At the end of the 3rd year of service, the palletizer was traded in for a new palletizer with a purchase price of $7 9,999, shipping and site preparation cost $1,000 and installation cost $400. The trade-in allowance was $27,000 for purchasing the new machine. This equipment is a 7-year MACRS class.

a) (30 pts) What is the cost basis of the new palletizer for computing the amount of depreciation for income tax purposes?

b) (12 pts) If instead of trading in the old palletizer, Proctor and Gamble sold the palletizer on the open market for $27,000, then:

i) What is the cost basis of the new palletizer?

ii) For the sold old palletizer, will Proctor and Gamble need to pay a gains tax of get a tax benefit and calculate the value (assume 21% tax rate).