Neopost SA is a French company operating mainly in Europe and the United States that sells and leases mailroom equipment. In accordance with IFRS, the company capitalizes development costs when certain criteria are met. The company reported the following amounts for sales and income in the consolidated income statements (in millions of euros):

The following note related to intangible assets was extracted from the company's annual report (in millions of euros).

Changes in intangible assets are mainly due to the capitalization of R&D costs and IT implementation projects (reported in column "Other").

Required:
a. Estimate the average expected useful life for development costs for the years ended January 31, 2009, and January 31, 2010.
b. Calculate income before tax and net income for the years ended January 31, 2009 and 2010, assuming that Neopost was not able to recognize development costs as an intangible asset.
c. Determine the net profit margin (Net income/Sales) for the years ended January 31, 2009 and 2010, using (1) actual reported amounts and (2) the amount calculated in part (b).

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Year ended 31 January Sales Income before tar ....204.92148 Income taxes Net income 2010 2009 913.1 918.1 (57.9) 156.9 57.0) Note 6 Intangible fixed assets Concessions, Development Rights, Licenses Costs Other Total value at 31 January 2008 49 11.5 283 9.0 (2.8) (2.8) 03 0.3 4.5 197.7 1.9 6.4 10.2 (24.2) 57.0) 5.0 50 itions 9.0 15pos Other changes 0.3 ans erence sitions 10.2 13 ges fans erence 39.8 159.0 (93.2) 65.8 value at January 2010. 62.1 шт kvalue at 31 January2010 26 Rights, Licenses Development Costs Other Total 35.2111.1 17.4 (0.5) (0.5) 0.3 33.8 7.2 42.1 7.1 Amortization at 31 January 2008 Charges Disposals Other changes Translation difference Amortization at 31 January 2009 Charges Disposals Other changes 3.1 0.3 2.9 43.9 10.0 0.5 38.6 131.7 19.5 (21.6) (23.8 (56.4) 0.4 49.2 1.6 0.4 (0.2) (2.0) Amortization at 31 January 2010 31.4 35.5 16.6 93.2