Question

You are conducting a discounted cash flow analysis (DCF). You purchased an asset for $400,000 at time point zero. The asset was depreciating using straight line depreciation over a ten year schedule. When you initially placed the asset into service, you expected the asset to have a disposal / salvage value of $0. At the end of year seven the project is suddenly cancelled due to a change in technology and the asset is sold in the open market for $110,000. Prior to this transaction, the firm was forecasted to earn $1,000,000 profit after tax in year seven and the tax rate for the firm is 20%. What is the cash flow, in time period seven, as a result of this transaction

Answer 1

Answer: $112000

Explanation:

First, we calculate the book value in year 7 which will be:

= Depreciation × Balance life

= $400,000 × 3/10

= $120,000

Then, the cash flow as a result of the transaction will be:

= Asset sale - (Asset - Book value) × Tax rate

= 110000 - [(110000 - 120000) × 20%]

= 110000 - (-2000)

= 110000 + 2000

= 112000