Mrs. Lester has the choice between two transactions. Transaction A will generate $175,000 taxable cash flow in the current year (year 0). Transaction B will generate $160,000 cash flow in the current year, but Mrs. Lester will not be required to report $160,000 income for two years (year 2). Mrs. Lester has a 40% marginal tax rate and uses a 9% discount rate to compute NPV. Use Appendix A of your textbook provided to determine which of the following statements is true?

A. Mrs. Lester should choose transaction B because the tax cost is deferred one year.
B. Mrs. Lester should choose transaction A because its NPV exceeds transaction B's NPV.
C. Mrs. Lester should choose transaction B because its NPV exceeds transaction A's NPV.
D. Mrs. Lester should choose transaction A because it generates more before-tax cash flow than transaction B.


Answer: C

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