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13. Project Evaluation [LO1] Your firm is contemplating the purchase of a new R925,000 computer-based order entry system. The system will be depreciated using the 20 per cent reducing-balance method over its five-year life. It will be worth R90,000 at the end of that time. You will save R360,000 before taxes per year in order-processing costs, and you will be able to reduce working capital by R125,000 (this is a one time reduction). If the tax rate is 28 per cent, what is the IRR for this project? Show formula to calculate IRR in Excel
| Year | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 |
| Cash out flow | -925000 | |||||
| Savings due to working capital | 125,000 | |||||
| Savings in order processing costs | 360,000 | 360,000 | 360,000 | 360,000 | 360,000 | |
| Less: Depreciation | 185000 | 148000 | 118400 | 94720 | 288,880 | |
| EBT | 175,000 | 212,000 | 241,600 | 265,280 | 71,120 | |
| Less: Tax | 49000 | 59360 | 67648 | 74278.4 | 19913.6 | |
| PAT | 126,000 | 152,640 | 173,952 | 191,002 | 51,206 | |
| Add: Depreciation | 185000 | 148000 | 118400 | 94720 | 288880 | |
| OCF | 311,000 | 300,640 | 292,352 | 285,722 | 340,086 | |
| After tax salvage inflow | 64800 | |||||
| Working capital recovery | 125,000 | |||||
| Net cash flow | -800,000 | 311,000 | 300,640 | 292,352 | 285,722 | 529,886 |
| IRR | 29.57% |
Depreciation:
| Year | Op Bal | Dep | Cl bal |
| 1 | 925000 | 185000 | 740000 |
| 2 | 740000 | 148000 | 592000 |
| 3 | 592000 | 118400 | 473600 |
| 4 | 473600 | 94720 | 378880 |
| 5 | 378880 | 288,880 | 90,000 |
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