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Q 40-Investment Projecct Review (jun 09 adapted) from kaplan

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  • This topic has 2 replies, 2 voices, and was last updated 6 years ago by John Moffat.
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  • May 28, 2018 at 7:34 am #454346
    kennethpaul
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    Greetings Sir!
    I have a doubt regarding the tax allowable depreciation in this question.

    There is an initial capital investment of $150m followed by $50m one year later.
    Tax rate is 30% paid or recovered in the year in which the liability is incurred.
    The question says :
    The company has sufficient profits elsewhere to recover TAD on this project,in full,in the year they are incurred.
    All the capital investment is eligible for a first year allowance of 50% followed by TAD of 25% reducing balance.
    Scrap Value is 7m at the end of year 6.

    What has confused me is that in the solution,

    Year 0 1 2 3 4 5 6
    Capital Investment 150 50
    Deduct FYA @ 50% -75 -25
    Deduct TAD @ 25% (nil) -18.75 -20.31 -15.23 -11.43 -8.57 -6.43
    Pool 75 81.25 60.94 47.51 34.28 25.71 19.28

    and the Loss on sale is 19.28-7=12.28
    and the tax benefit is 12.28 x 30%=3.68

    I’m confused about why they have taken the first year allowance in year 0.
    My understanding is that it will be at the end of year 1.
    This therefore affects the final carrying value and affects the calculation of the balancing charge or allowance at the end of year 6.

    Thank you for your time Sir.

    May 28, 2018 at 7:53 am #454351
    kennethpaul
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    I guess the alignment of the text got changed after posting the question so i guess it is now harder to look at the cash flows year by year.
    I apologize. I still hope you can tell me the right treatment for such a situation where there is a first year allowance and tax is recovered in the same year in which it has been incurred.

    May 28, 2018 at 8:07 am #454356
    John Moffat
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    This question was set by the previous examiner and it is obvious from several of his answers that he didn’t really understand tax properly 🙂

    The first allowance should appear at the end of the first year, which is time 1.

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