Consider purchasing a $50,000 SUV that you expect to last for 10 years. The IRS uses an MACRS 5-year depreciation schedule on cars. It allows depreciating 20% in year 1, 32%, 19.2%, 11.52%, 11.52%, and 5.76% in the following years. You can finance this car yourself. You can produce income of $100,000 per year with it. Maintenance costs will be

$5,000 per year. Your income tax rate is 30%

per annum. Your cost of capital is 12% per annum.

(a) What are the income and cash flow statements for this car?

(b) What is the economic value of this car?

(c) Show how you can infer the economic value of the car from the financials.