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You must evaluate a proposal to buy a new milling machine. The base price is $175,000, and shipping and installation costs would add another $6,000. The machine falls into the MACRS 3-year class, and it would be sold after 3 years for $113,750. The applicable depreciation rates are 33%, 45%, 15%, and 7%. The machine would require a $5,500 increase in net operating working capital (increased inventory less increased accounts payable). There would be no effect on revenues, but pretax labor costs would decline by $43,000 per year. The marginal tax rate is 35%, and the WACC is 14%. Also, the firm spent $5,000 last year investigating the feasibility of using the machine.
What is the initial investment outlay for the machine for
capital budgeting purposes, that is, what is the Year 0 project
cash flow? Round your answer to the nearest cent.
$
What are the project's annual cash flows during Years 1, 2, and 3? Round your answer to the nearest cent. Do not round your intermediate calculations.
Year 1 $
Year 2 $
Year 3 $
a
Time line | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | |||
Cost of new machine | -181000 | ||||||
Initial working capital | -5500 | ||||||
=b. Initial Investment outlay | -186500 | ||||||
3 years MACR rate | 33.00% | 45.00% | 15.00% | 7.00% | |||
Savings | 43000 | 43000 | 43000 | ||||
-Depreciation | =Cost of machine*MACR% | -59730 | -81450 | -27150 | 12670 | =Salvage Value | |
=Pretax cash flows | -16730 | -38450 | 15850 | ||||
-taxes | =(Pretax cash flows)*(1-tax) | -10874.5 | -24992.5 | 10302.5 | |||
+Depreciation | 59730 | 81450 | 27150 | ||||
=c. after tax operating cash flow | 48855.50 | 56457.50 | 37452.5 | ||||
reversal of working capital | 5500 | ||||||
+Proceeds from sale of equipment after tax | =selling price* ( 1 -tax rate) | 73937.5 | |||||
+Tax shield on salvage book value | =Salvage value * tax rate | 4434.5 | |||||
=Terminal year after tax cash flows | 83872 | ||||||
Total Cash flow for the period | -186500 | 48855.5 | 56457.5 | 121324.5 | |||
Discount factor= | (1+discount rate)^corresponding period | 1 | 1.14 | 1.2996 | 1.481544 | ||
Discounted CF= | Cashflow/discount factor | -186500 | 42855.702 | 43442.213 | 81890.582 | ||
NPV= | Sum of discounted CF= | -18311.50 |
d
Reject as NPV is negative