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Fluor Enterprise is considering a 3-year project with an initial cost of $336,000. The project will not directly produce any sales but will reduce operating costs by $150,000 a year. The equipment is classified as MACRS 7-year property. The MACRS table values are .1429, .2449, .1749, .1249, .0893, .0892, .0893, and .0446 for Years 1 to 8, respectively. At the end of the project, the equipment will be sold for an estimated $151,000. The tax rate is 25 percent and the required return is 12 percent. An extra $22,000 of inventory will be required for the life of the project. What is the total cash flow for Year 3? $307,512.63 $299,174.80 $290,413.64 $313,416.76 $382,266.33
| Time line | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | |||
| Cost of new machine | -336000 | ||||||
| Initial working capital | -22000 | ||||||
| =Initial Investment outlay | -358000 | ||||||
| 7 years MACR rate | 14.29% | 24.49% | 17.49% | 43.73% | |||
| Savings | 150000 | 150000 | 150000 | ||||
| -Depreciation | =Cost of machine*MACR% | -48014.4 | -82286.4 | -58766.4 | 146932.8 | =Salvage Value | |
| =Pretax cash flows | 101985.6 | 67713.6 | 91233.6 | ||||
| -taxes | =(Pretax cash flows)*(1-tax) | 76489.2 | 50785.2 | 68425.2 | |||
| +Depreciation | 48014.4 | 82286.4 | 58766.4 | ||||
| =after tax operating cash flow | 124503.6 | 133071.6 | 127191.6 | ||||
| reversal of working capital | 22000 | ||||||
| +Proceeds from sale of equipment after tax | =selling price* ( 1 -tax rate) | 113250 | |||||
| +Tax shield on salvage book value | =Salvage value * tax rate | 36733.2 | |||||
| =Terminal year after tax cash flows | 171983.2 | ||||||
| Total Cash flow for the period | 299174.8 | ||||||