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25 March, 16:32

An asset with an original cost of $100,000 and a current book value of $20,000 is sold for $50,000 as part of a capital budgeting project. The company has a tax rate of 30%.

This transaction will have what impact on the project's initial outlay?

A) reduce it by $20,000

B) reduce it by $6,000

C) reduce it by $15,000

D) reduce it by $50,000

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  1. 25 March, 17:48
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    D) reduce it by $50,000

    Explanation:

    The project's initial outlay refers to how much money is needed to start a project. This transaction will result in recaptured depreciation since the asset had already been depreciated by $30,000 more than the selling price. This $30,000 in recaptured depreciation = $9,000 in income taxes. So the net effect of this sales would be = $50,000 - $9,000 (tax liability) = $41,000 after recaptured depreciation.

    Since the tax liability doesn't have to be paid immediately, we can assume that the $50,000 will be used to reduce the initial outlay.
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