Your new employer, Freeman Software, is considering a new project whose data are shown below. The equipment that would be used has a 3-year tax life, and the allowed depreciation rates for such property are 33.33%, 44.45%, 14.81%, and 7.41% for Years 1 through 4. Revenues and other operating costs are expected to be constant over the project's 10-year expected life. What is the Year 1 cash flow? Equipment cost (depreciable basis) $65,000 Sales revenues, each year $60,000 Operating costs (excl. deprec.) $25,000 Tax rate 25.0%   a. $36,869     b. $31,849     c. $35,114     d. $31,666     e. $33,442

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Your new employer, Freeman Software, is considering a new project whose data are shown below. The equipment that would be used has a 3-year tax life, and the allowed depreciation rates for such property are 33.33%, 44.45%, 14.81%, and 7.41% for Years 1 through 4. Revenues and other operating costs are expected to be constant over the project's 10-year expected life. What is the Year 1 cash flow?

Equipment cost (depreciable basis) $65,000
Sales revenues, each year $60,000
Operating costs (excl. deprec.) $25,000
Tax rate 25.0%
  a. $36,869  
  b. $31,849  
  c. $35,114  
  d. $31,666  
  e. $33,442
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