Stepnoski Corporation Is Considering a Capital Budgeting Project That Would

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Stepnoski Corporation is considering a capital budgeting project that would involve investing $280,000 in equipment with an estimated useful life of 4 years and no salvage value at the end of the useful life. Annual incremental sales from the project would be $610,000 and the annual incremental cash operating expenses would be $490,000. A one-time renovation expense of $20,000 would be required in year 3. The project would require investing $30,000 of working capital in the project immediately, but this amount would be recovered at the end of the project in 4 years. The company's income tax rate is 30% and its after-tax discount rate is 11%.The company uses straight-line depreciation on all equipment.The income tax expense in year 3 is:

A) $15,000
B) $9,000
C) $7,000
D) $36,000