Barbara Thompson Is Considering the Purchase of a Piece of Business

Essay

Barbara Thompson is considering the purchase of a piece of business rental property containing stores and
offices at a cost of $350,000. Barbara estimates that annual receipts from rentals will be somewhere between
$35,000 and $45,000 but that annual disbursements, other than income taxes, would be fairly close to $18,000.
The property is expected to appreciate at an annual rate of 5%. Barbara expects to retain the property for 10
years once it is acquired. Then it will be depreciated on the basis of the 39-year real-property class (MACRS),
assuming that the property would be placed in service on January 1. Barbara's marginal tax rate is 30%, and her
MARR is 10%. What would be the minimum annual total of rental receipts that would make the investment
break- even?