In: Economics
"You are considering the purchase of a new machine for a
project. Details of this potential purchase are provided
below.
-The project life is 3 years.
The machine costs $210,000.
* You will pay cash for half of this machine immediately, and will
borrow the remaining half at 9.4% annual rate compounded annually
over 3 years.
* The machine will be depreciated using a seven year MACRS
approach.
Annual O&M costs (expenses) of the machine are $25,000.
Annual labor savings (revenues) are $144,000.
Salvage value at the end of year 3 will be $72,000.
Working capital requirement is initially $25,000. Any investment in
working capital will be recovered at the end of the project.
Assume an income tax rate and gains tax rate of 34%.
Find the NPW of this project based on a MARR of 16%."