Question

Quad Enterprises is considering a new three-year expansion project that requires an initial fixed asset investment of $2.29 million. The fixed asset falls into the three-year MACRS class (MACRS schedule). The project is estimated to generate $1,715,000 in annual sales, with costs of $624,000. The project requires an initial investment in net working capital of $260,000, and the fixed asset will have a market value of $195,000 at the end of the project.

  

a.	If the tax rate is 21 percent, what is the project’s Year 0 net cash flow? Year 1? Year 2? Year 3? (A negative answer should be indicated by a minus sign. Do not round intermediate calculations and enter your answers in dollars, not millions of dollars, rounded to two decimal places, e.g., 1,234,567.89.)
b.	If the required return is 9 percent, what is the project's NPV? (Do not round intermediate calculations and enter your answer in dollars, not millions of dollars, rounded to two decimal places, e.g., 1,234,567.89.)

Answer 1