Milliken uses a digitally controlled dyer for placing intricate and integrated patterns on manufactured carpet squares for home and commercial use. It is purchased for \($400,000.\) It is expected to last 8 years and have a salvage value of

\($30,000.\) Increased net income due to this dyer is \($95,000\) per year. Milliken’s tax rate is 40 percent, and the aftertax MARR is 12 percent. Develop tables using a spreadsheet to determine the ATCF for each year and the after-tax PW, AW, IRR, and ERR after 8 years.

a. Use straight-line depreciation (no half-year convention).

b. Use MACRS-GDS and state the appropriate property class.

c. Use double declining balance depreciation (no half-year convention, no switching).