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A project has an installed cost of $500,000 and requires an
additional working capital investment of $100,000. The project
replaces an existing piece of equipment that has an estimated
salvage value of $7000 and has a book value of $2000. The firm's
marginal tax rate is 40 percent. What is the Initial Outlay for
this project? Answer: IO = $595,000
How do you calculate this problem?
Cost of project | $ 5,00,000 | ||
Working capital investment | $ 1,00,000 | ||
After tax sale from existing piece of equipment | $ -5,000 | ||
Initial outlay for this project | $ 5,95,000 | ||
Working: | |||
Sales value | a | $ 7,000 | |
Book value | b | $ -2,000 | |
Profit on sale | c=a+b | $ 5,000 | |
Tax on profit | d=c*-40% | $ -2,000 | |
After tax sale value | e=a+d | $ 5,000 |