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A buyer pays $100M for a target in an asset purchase. The PPA allocates $20M to tangible assets (5-year life) and 80M to goodwill/intangibles (15-year life).

If the tax rate is 25%, what is the annual cash tax shield created by the transaction?

  1. 2.33M
  2. 9.33M
  3. 25.00M
  4. 1.33M

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