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Delia Landscaping is considering a new 4-year project. The necessary fixed assets will cost $163,000 and be depreciated on a 3-year MACRS and have no salvage value. The MACRS percentages each year are 33.33 percent, 44.45 percent, 14.81 percent, and 7.41 percent, respectively. The project will have annual sales of $100,000, variable costs of $27,450, and fixed costs of $12,050. The project will also require net working capital of $2,650 that will be returned at the end of the project. The company has a tax rate of 34 percent and the project's required return is 11 percent. What is the net present value of this project?
| Annual Operating cahssflows | |||||||
| Year1 | Year2 | YEar3 | Year4 | ||||
| Annual sales | 100000 | 100000 | 100000 | 100000 | |||
| Less: Cost | |||||||
| Variable cost | 27450 | 27450 | 27450 | 27450 | |||
| Fixed cost | 12050 | 12050 | 12050 | 12050 | |||
| Depreciation | 54328 | 72454 | 24140 | 12078 | |||
| Net income before tax | 6172 | -11954 | 36360 | 48422 | |||
| Less: tax @ 34% | 2098 | 4064 | 12362 | 16463 | |||
| After tax Income | 4074 | -7890 | 23998 | 31959 | |||
| Add: Depreciation | 54328 | 72454 | 24140 | 12078 | |||
| Annual cashflows | 58402 | 64564 | 48138 | 44037 | |||
| NPV at 11% | |||||||
| Year0 | Year1 | Year2 | Year3 | Year4 | |||
| Initial Investment | -163000 | ||||||
| Working capital investment | -2650 | ||||||
| Annual cashflows | 58402 | 64564 | 48138 | 44037 | |||
| Release of working capital | 2650 | ||||||
| Net casshflows | -165650 | 58402 | 64564 | 48138 | 46687 | ||
| PVF at 11% | 1 | 0.900901 | 0.811622 | 0.731191 | 0.658731 | ||
| Present value of cashflows | -165650 | 52614.41 | 52401.59 | 35198.09 | 30754.17 | ||
| NPV | 5318 | ||||||