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Consider a firm that reports the reports the following: sales $274,691, cost of goods sold $105,479 and interest expense of $74,140. The firm has depreciation expense $57,257 and a 15% tax rate. During the last year the firm had an increase in gross fixed assets of $123,964 and a decrease in net operating working capital of $21,169. Calculate the firm's free cash flow. Your answer should be in dollars. So $30 million should be $30,000,000
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| 3 | Free cash flow can be calculated as follows: | ||||||||
| 4 | Free Cash Flow = Operating Cash Flow - Capital Expenditures - Change in working capital | ||||||||
| 5 | Operating Cash Flow = EBIT - Tax Expense +Depreciation | ||||||||
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| 7 | Tax Rate | 15% | |||||||
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| 10 | Sales | $274,691 | |||||||
| 11 | Cost of Goods Sold | $105,479 | |||||||
| 12 | Gross Profit | $169,212 | |||||||
| 13 | Depreciation Expense | $57,257 | |||||||
| 14 | EBIT | $111,955 | =D12-D13 | ||||||
| 15 | Interest Expense | $74,140 | |||||||
| 16 | Taxable income | $37,815 | =D14-D15 | ||||||
| 17 | Tax Expense | $5,672.25 | =D16*D7 | ||||||
| 18 | Net Income | $32,142.75 | =D16-D17 | ||||||
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| 20 | Operating Cash Flow | =EBIT - Tax Expense + Depreciation | |||||||
| 21 | =$111,955 -$5,672.25 + $57,257 | ||||||||
| 22 | $163,539.75 | =D14-D17+D13 | |||||||
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| 24 | Capital Expenditure | =Increase in Gross fixed assets | |||||||
| 25 | $123,964 | ||||||||
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| 27 | Change in working capital | =-Decrease in working capital | |||||||
| 28 | ($21,169) | ||||||||
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| 30 | Free Cash Flow | = Operating Cash Flow - Capital Expenditures - Change in working capital | |||||||
| 31 | =$163,539 - $123,964 - (-$21,169) | ||||||||
| 32 | $60,744.75 | =D22-D25-D28 | |||||||
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| 34 | Hence Free Cash Flow | $60,744.75 | |||||||
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