A company is considering the purchase of an industrial laser for $150,000. The device has a useful life of five years and a salvage (market) value of $30,000 at the end of those five years. Annual revenues are estimated to be $55,000 per year. Annual expenses are guaranteed to be $10,000 per year. Using a MARR = 18%, determine how sensitive the decision is to changes in the estimate of annual revenues? Express your answer as a percent change from the estimated value of $55,000. Write a sentence explaining the meaning of your answer.

Quantitative problem: you need $20,000 to purchase a used car. your wealthy uncle is willing to lend you the money as an amortized loan. he would like you to make annual payments for 4 years, with the first payment to be made one year from today. he requires a 8% annual return. what will be your annual loan payments? round your answer to the nearest cent. do not round intermediate calculations. $ how much of your first payment will be applied to interest and to principal repayment? round your answer to the nearest cent. do not round intermediate calculations. interest: $ principal repayment

Lo.2, 3, 9 lori, who is single, purchased 5-years class property for $200,00 and 7-years class property for $420,000 on may 20, 2018. lori experts the taxable income derived form the business (without regard to the amount expensed under ⧠179) to be about $550,000. lori has determined that she should elect immediate ⧠179 expensing in the amount of $520,000, but she doesn’t know which asset she should completely expense under ⧠179. she does not claim any available additional first-year depreciation. a. determine lori’s total cost recovery deduction if the ⧠179 expense is first taken with respect to the 5-year class asset. b. determine lori’s total cost recovery deduction if the ⧠179 expense is first taken with respect to the 7-year class asset. c. what is your advice for lori? d. assume that lori is in the 24% marginal tax bracket and that she uses ⧠179 on the 7-year asset. determine the present value of the tax savings from the depreciation deductions for both assets. see appendix g for present value factors, and assume a 6% discount rate. e. assume the same facts as in part (d), except that lori decides not to use ⧠179 on either asset. determine the present value of the tax savings under this choice. in addition, determine which option lori should choose. f. present your solution to parts (d) and (e) of the problem in a spreadsheet using appropriate microsoft excel formulas. e-mail your spreadsheet to your instructor with a two-paragraph summary of your findings.

Kevin and jenny, who are both working full-time, have three children all under the age of ten. the two youngest children, who are three and five years old, attended eastside pre-school for a total cost of $3,000. ervin, who is nine, attended big kid daycare after school at a cost of $2,000. jenny has earned income of $15,000 and kevin earns $14,000. what amount of childcare expenses should be used to determine the child and dependent care credit?