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Blue Line Machine Shop is considering a four-year project to improve its production efficiency. Buying a new machine press for $556800 is estimated to result in $185600 in annual pretax cost savings. The press falls in the MACRS five-year class, and it will have a salvage value at the end of the project of $81200. The press also requires an initial investment in spare parts inventory of $23200, along with an additional $3,480 in inventory for each succeeding year of the project. The shop’s tax rate is 23 percent and the project's required return is 10 percent.