NEW PROJECT ANALYSIS

You must evaluate a proposal to buy a new milling machine. The base price is $107,000, and shipping and installation costs would add another $16,000. The machine falls into the MACRS 3-year class, and it would be sold after 3 years for $42,800. The applicable depreciation rates are 33%, 45%, 15%, and 7%. The machine would require a $8,500 increase in net operating working capital (increased inventory less increased accounts payable). There would be no effect on revenues, but pretax labor costs would decline by $53,000 per year. The marginal tax rate is 35%, and the WACC is 12%. Also, the firm spent $5,000 last year investigating the feasibility of using the machine.

1. How should the $5,000 spent last year be handled?
   1. The cost of research is an incremental cash flow and should be included in the analysis.
   2. Only the tax effect of the research expenses should be included in the analysis.
   3. Last year's expenditure should be treated as a terminal cash flow and dealt with at the end of the project's life. Hence, it should not be included in the initial investment outlay.
   4. Last year's expenditure is considered as an opportunity cost and does not represent an incremental cash flow. Hence, it should not be included in the analysis.
   5. Last year's expenditure is considered as a sunk cost and does not represent an incremental cash flow. Hence, it should not be included in the analysis.
   
   -Select- Best choice

2. What is the initial investment outlay for the machine for capital budgeting purposes, that is, what is the Year 0 project cash flow? Round your answer to the nearest cent.
   $

3. What are the project's annual cash flows during Years 1, 2, and 3? Round your answer to the nearest cent. Do not round your intermediate calculations.

   Year 1 $

   Year 2 $

   Year 3 $

4. Should the machine be purchased?
   -Select-Yes/no

A firm needs new copy machine. You can purchase a new one for $30000, or you can lease one for three years for a monthly lease payment of $800 (paid at the end of each month). You can borrow money at 5% APR with quarterly compounding. Do you prefer to lease or buy the machine?

You are going to set up a new veterinary medical centre. The new veterinary medical centre will provide 24-hour consultation services and have ward to provide non-stop intensive care to animals. How could you design the veterinary medical centre and assign the duty roster for your staff in order to enhance the work efficiency? Concrete examples should be needed to explain your knowledge application. You are required to apply the knowledge you learned from social psychology---- "M3-2 Mind and Machine" of this course to answer Question

New City Band

As the volunteer business manager for the New City Band (City Band), you are responsible for preparing the operating budget for the organization’s upcoming summer concert season. Each year, City Band presents up to 20 weekend performances, depending on weather conditions. The concerts are free to the public, but the band hangs a pot from the bandstand and people leave small donations in it. On average, City Band gets $100 in donations at each of its performances. In addition to donations, New City pays the band $3,000 per season plus $125 for each performance.

City Band also has a small endowment of $100,000 on which it expects to earn 3.5 percent in the coming fiscal year. City Band’s trustees have decided to use that money to pay for operating expenses if they need to.

City Band pays its conductor $3,000 for the summer season and has an insurance policy to protect it against any loss of equipment or damage to the bandstand. That policy costs the band $500 for the summer plus $25 per performance.

New music costs the band $200 per year. Following Generally Accepted Accounting Principles, the band recognizes music acquisitions as expenses in the year the music is acquired. In addition, City Band pays music publishers an average of $40 per concert for the rights to perform certain pieces in its repertoire. The band has an average of 60 musicians at each of its performances. Each musician is paid $5 per performance.

Question 3. Calculate City Band’s total contribution margin per concert.

Profit or Loss on New Stock Issue

Security Brokers Inc. specializes in underwriting new issues by small firms. On a recent offering of Beedles Inc., the terms were as follows:

The out-of-pocket expenses incurred by Security Brokers in the design and distribution of the issue were $470,000. What profit or loss would Security Brokers incur if the issue were sold to the public at the following average price?

a. $5.5 per share? Use minus sign to enter loss, if any.

b. $7 per share? Use minus sign to enter loss, if any.

c. $3.5 per share? Use minus sign to enter loss, if any.

Suppose New York wants to build a new facility to replace Madison Square Garden. Assume that the cost of building a new arena in midtown Manhattan is $2.5 billion and that all the costs occur right away. Also assume that New York will receive annual benefits of $110 million for the next 25 years, after which the new arena becomes worthless. Does it make financial sense to build the new facility if interest rates are 6 percent? At what interest rate will we be indifferent between accepting and rejecting this project? Make sure to show your work.

NEW PROJECT ANALYSIS

You must evaluate a proposal to buy a new milling machine. The base price is $118,000, and shipping and installation costs would add another $6,000. The machine falls into the MACRS 3-year class, and it would be sold after 3 years for $64,900. The applicable depreciation rates are 33%, 45%, 15%, and 7%. The machine would require a $9,500 increase in net operating working capital (increased inventory less increased accounts payable). There would be no effect on revenues, but pretax labor costs would decline by $44,000 per year. The marginal tax rate is 35%, and the WACC is 12%. Also, the firm spent $5,000 last year investigating the feasibility of using the machine.

1. How should the $5,000 spent last year be handled?
   1. Only the tax effect of the research expenses should be included in the analysis.
   2. Last year's expenditure should be treated as a terminal cash flow and dealt with at the end of the project's life. Hence, it should not be included in the initial investment outlay.
   3. Last year's expenditure is considered as an opportunity cost and does not represent an incremental cash flow. Hence, it should not be included in the analysis.
   4. Last year's expenditure is considered as a sunk cost and does not represent an incremental cash flow. Hence, it should not be included in the analysis.
   5. The cost of research is an incremental cash flow and should be included in the analysis.
   
   -Select-IIIIIIIVV

2. What is the initial investment outlay for the machine for capital budgeting purposes, that is, what is the Year 0 project cash flow? Round your answer to the nearest cent.
   $

3. What are the project's annual cash flows during Years 1, 2, and 3? Round your answer to the nearest cent. Do not round your intermediate calculations.

   Year 1 $

   Year 2 $

   Year 3 $

4. Should the machine be purchased?
   -Select-YesNo

Profit or Loss on New

Stock Issue Security Brokers Inc. specializes in underwriting new issues by small firms. On a recent offering of Beedles Inc., the terms were as follows:

Price to public: $5 per share

Number of shares: 3 million

Proceeds to Beedles: $14,000,000

The out-of-pocket expenses incurred by Security Brokers in the design and distribution of the issue were $290,000. What profit or loss would Security Brokers incur if the issue were sold to the public at the following average price?

A. $4.75 per share? Use minus sign to enter loss, if any.

$____

B. $6.50 per share? Use minus sign to enter loss, if any.

$____

C. $4.25 per share? Use minus sign to enter loss, if any.

$____