Question

This case continues following the new project of the WePROMOTE Company, that you and your partner own. WePROMOTE is in the promotional materials business. The project being considered is to manufacture a very unique case for smartphones. The case is very durable, attractive and fits virtually all models of smartphone. It will also have the logo of your client, a prominent, local company and is planned to be given away at public relations events by your client.

As we know from the prior case involving this company, more details of the project become apparent and with more precision and certainty.

The following are the final values to the data:

• The cost of the equipment will be $70,000 and this cost is incurred prior to any cash is received by the project.
• The expected annual cash revenue of the project will be $30,000.
• The expected annual cash outflows (expenses/costs) are estimated at being $11,000, excluding depreciation.
• Your tax rate is 30% and you plan to depreciate the equipment on a straight-line basis for the life of the equipment. The discount rate you are assuming is 6%.
• After 5 years the equipment will stop working and there will be no salvage value.

Requirements of the paper:

• Perform the final NPV calculations and provide a narrative on how you calculated the computations and why (justification of answer).
• Present your calculated answers in schedule format (a table) along with your narrative. Microsoft Excel is also recommended for calculating and creating a table (your schedule).
• Then provide a summary conclusion on whether you should continue to pursue this business opportunity.

Answer 1

please find below table useful to compute desired results: -

End results would be as follows: -