Question

Thomson Media is considering investing in some new equipment whose data are shown below. The equipment has a 3-year class life and will be depreciated by the MACRS depreciation system, and it will have a positive pre-tax salvage value at the end of Year 3, when the project will be closed down. Also, some new working capital will be required, but it will be recovered at the end of the project's life. Revenues and cash operating costs are expected to be constant over the project's 3-year life. What is the project's NPV?   Enter your answer rounded to two decimal places. Do not enter $ or comma in the answer box. For example, if your answer is $12,300.456 then enter as 12300.46 in the answer box.
	WACC											14.0%
	Net investment in fixed assets (depreciable basis)											$60,000
	Required new working capital											$10,000
	Sales revenues, each year											$75,000
	Operating costs excl. depr'n, each year											$30,000
	Expected pretax salvage value											$7,000
	Tax rate											35.0%

Answer 1

Year	0	1	2	3
Sales revenues		$ 75,000.00	$ 75,000.00	$ 75,000.00
Less: Operating costs		$ 30,000.00	$ 30,000.00	$ 30,000.00
Less: Depreciation		$ 19,998.00	$ 26,670.00	$   8,886.00
Net operating income		$ 25,002.00	$ 18,330.00	$ 36,114.00
Less: Tax @ 35%		$   8,750.70	$   6,415.50	$ 12,639.90
Net Income		$ 16,251.30	$ 11,914.50	$ 23,474.10
Add : Depreciation		$ 19,998.00	$ 26,670.00	$   8,886.00
Salvage value				$6,106.10
Net investment	($60,000)
Required new working capital	($10,000)			$ 10,000.00
Net Cash Flow	($70,000)	$      36,249	$      38,585	$      48,466
PV @ 14%	1	0.8772	0.7695	0.6750
Present Value	($70,000)	$31,798	$29,690	$32,713
NPV	$24,200