Engineering Economy (17th Edition)
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Author: William G. Sullivan, Elin M. Wicks, C. Patrick Koelling
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Chapter 7, Problem 34P
Refer to Problem 6-79. The alternatives all have a MACRS (GDS) property class of three years. If the effective income tax rate is 25% and the after-tax MARR = (1 − 0.4) (12%) = 7.2% per year, which alternative should be recommended? Is this the same recommendation you made when the alternatives were analyzed on a before-tax basis? (7.10)
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