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A company is acquired in an asset purchase for $500M. The purchase price allocation assigns $150M to identifiable intangibles with a 15-year useful life.

If the corporate tax rate is 20%, what is the annual cash tax shield generated by this step-up?

  1. $30.0M
  2. $2.0M
  3. $10.0M
  4. $1.5M

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