Suppose that a project has a depreciable investment of $600,000 and falls under the following accelerated depreciation schedule for tax purposes (standard linear depreciation in the books): year 1: 20 percent; year 2: 32 percent; year 3: 19.2 percent; year 4: 11.5 percent; year 5: 11.5 percent; and year 6: 5.8 percent. Tax rate is 35%. Calculate the annual depreciation schedule and depreciation tax-shield.

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Depreciation rates   16.67%      16.67%    16.67%     16.67%      16.67%      16.67%

(books)

Depreciation        $100000  $100000 $100000  $100000  $100000  $100000

(books)

Depreciation        $35000    $35000    $35000   $35000   $35000  $35000

tax shield (books)

Depreciation rate   20%            32%         19.20%      11.50%      11.50%     5.80%

(tax)

Depreciation       $120000  $192000   $115200  $69000  $69000  $34800

(tax)

Depreciation     $42000   $67200      $40320    $24150     $24150   $12180

tax shield (tax)

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