Tax depreciation shelters a portion of annual operating income from taxation. However, the amount of cumulative tax depreciation is taxed when the property is sold. Suppose that your taxes due on sale will be $35,000 greater than if the property had not been depreciated. If the sale were to occur five years from now, determine the present value of the tax on depreciation recapture in the year of sale assuming a discount rate of 9.5%.
A) $31,963
B) $22,233
C) $55,098
D) $134,390