You have been assigned the task of analyzing whether to purchase or lease some transportation equipment for
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a. The contract terms for the lease specify a cost of $300,000 in the first year and $200,000 annually in years two through six (the contract, i.e., these rates, does not cover the annual expense items).
b. The after-tax MARR (not including inflation) is 13.208% per year (ir).
c. The general inflation rate (I) is 6%.
d. The effective income tax rate (0 is 34%.
e. Assume the equipment is in the MACRS (GDS) five-year property class.
Which alternative is preferred? (Use an after-tax, actual dollar analysis and the FW criterion.)
Minimum Acceptable Rate of Return (MARR), or hurdle rate is the minimum rate of return on a project a manager or company is willing to accept before starting a project, given its risk and the opportunity cost of forgoing other...
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Engineering Economy
ISBN: 978-0132554909
15th edition
Authors: William G. Sullivan, Elin M. Wicks, C. Patrick Koelling
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