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A company is considering producing long telephoto zoom lens, iLongLens, attachment for the iPhone 5. The initial investment for this project will be $3 million. This amount is for depreciable equipment, which will be depreciated over 5 years using the straight-line method to zero book value. The iLongLens is expected to generate Earnings before Depreciation and Taxes of $1.5 million per year for 6 years. At the end of the sixth year the equipment will be scrapped for $300,000. The company’s tax rate is 40% and the appropriate discount rate for this project is 15%.
List all 7 after-tax cash flows for this project (0 is the initial investment).
Compute the NPV.
Compute the IRR and payback.