A consultant has recommended that you modernize a production line. Costs include $870,000 in equipment, a $15,000 investment in net working capital at the time of installation, and $11,000 in delivery and installation costs. The consultant has billed the firm for $20,500 for her analysis of the project. If the project is undertaken, an employee training program costing $36,000 would be required. The old machinery has no book value but can be sold for $10,000. Your firm's marginal tax rate is 34%. What is the initial outlay associated with the project?
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- Your company has been approached to bid on a contract to sell 5,000 voice recognition (VR) computer keyboards per year for four years. Due to technological improvements, beyond that time they will be outdated and no sales will be possible. The equipment necessary for the production will cost $3.4 million and will be depreciated on a straight- line basis to a zero salvage value. Production will require an investment in net working capital of $395,000 to be returned at the end of the project, and the equipment can be sold for $325,000 at the end of production. Fixed costs are $595,000 per year, and variable costs are $85 per unit. In addition to the contract, you feel your company can sell 12,300, 14,600, 19,200, and 11,600 additional units to companies in other countries over the next four years, respectively, at a price of $180. This price is fixed. The tax rate is 23 percent, and the required return is 10 percent. Additionally, the president of the company will undertake the project…A consultant has recommended that you modernize a production line. Costs include $650,000 in equipment, a $10,000 investment in net working capital at the time of installation, and $5,000 in delivery and installation costs. The consultant has billed the firm for $7,500 for her analysis of the project. If the project is undertaken, an employee training program costing $8,000 would be required. The old machinery has no book value but can be sold for $100,000. Your firm's marginal tax rate is 34%. What is the initial outlay associated with the project? 619,500 612,000 570,000 578,000 607,000Your company has been approached to bid on a contract to sell 5,200 voice recognition (VR) computer keyboards a year for four years. Due to technological improvements, beyond that time they will be outdated and no sales will be possible. The equipment necessary for the production will cost $4.8 million and will be depreciated on a straight-line basis to a zero salvage value. Production will require an investment in net working capital of $105,000 to be returned at the end of the project and the equipment can be sold for $285,000 at the end of production. Fixed costs are $650,000 per year, and variable costs are $165 per unit. In addition to the contract, you feel your company can sell 10,500, 11,400, 13,500, and 10,800 additional units to companies in other countries over the next four years, respectively, at a price of $360. This price is fixed. The tax rate is 25 percent, and the required return is 13 percent. Additionally, the president of the company will only undertake the project…
- Dwight Donovan, the president of Donovan Enterprises, is considering two investment opportunities. Because of limited resources, he will be able to invest in only one of them. Project A is to purchase a măchine that will enáble factory automation: the machine iş expected to have a useful life of four years and no salvage value. Project B supports a training program that will improve the skills of employees operating the current equipment Intial cash expenditures for Projec A are $400 000 and for Project B are S160.000. The annual expected cash inflows are S126,000 for Projęct A and $52,800 for Project B. Both investments are expected to provide Pape 472 Required Compute the net present value of cach project. Which project should be adopted based on the net present value approach? Round your computations to two decimal points. .Compute the approximate internal rate of return of each project. Which one should be adopted based on the internal rate of return Compare the net present value…A certain factory building has an old lightingsystem. Lighting the building currently costs, on average, $20,000 a year. A lighting consultant tells thefactory supervisor that the lighting bill can be reducedto $8,000 a year if $50,000 is invested in new lightingin the building. If the new lighting system is installed,an incremental maintenance cost of $3,000 per yearmust be taken into account. The new lighting systemhas zero salvage value at the end of its life. If the oldlighting system also has zero salvage value, and thenew lighting system is estimated to have a life of 20years, what is the net annual benefit for this investment in new lighting? Take the MARR to be 12%.Assume the old lighting system will last 20 years.6.43 Your company needs a machine for the nextseven years, and you have two choices (assume anannual interest rate of 15%).• Machine A costs $100,000 and has an annual operating cost of $47,000. Machine A has a useful lifeof seven years and a salvage value of…Your company has been approached to bid on a contract to sell 5,000 voice recognition (VR) computer keyboards a year for four years. Due to technological improvements, beyond that time they will be outdated and no sales will be possible. The equipment necessary for the production will cost $3.5 million and will be depreciated on a straight- line basis to a zero salvage value. Production will require an investment in net working capital of $415,000 which will be returned at the end of the project, and the equipment can be sold for $345,000 at the end of production. Fixed costs are $590,000 per year, and variable costs are $79 per unit. In addition to the contract, you feel your company can sell 12,200, 14,300, 18,300, and 10,800 additional units to companies in other countries over the next four years, respectively, at a price of $181. This price is fixed. The tax rate is 24 percent, and the required return is 12 percent. Additionally, the president of the company will undertake the…
- An assembly operation at a software company currently requires $100,000 per year in labor costs. A robot can be purchased and installed to automate this operation, and the robot will cost $200,000 with no MV at the end of its 10-year life. The robot, if acquired, will be depreciated using SL depreciation to a terminal BV of zero after 10 years. Maintenance and operation expenses of the robot are estimated to be $64,000 per year. Thecompany has an effective income tax rate of 40%. Invested capital must earn at least 8% after income taxes are taken into account. Solve, a. Use the IRR method to determine if the robot is a justifiable investment. b.If MACRS (seven-year recovery period) had been used in Part (a), would the after-tax IRR be lower or higher than your answer to Part (a)?Dwight Donovan, the president of Solomon Enterprises, is considering two investment opportunities. Because of limited resources, he will be able to invest in only one of them. Project A is to purchase a machine that will enable factory automation; the machine is expected to have a useful life of four years and no salvage value. Project B supports a training program that will improve the skills of employees operating the current equipment. Initial cash expenditures for Project A are $112,000 and for Project B are $45,000. The annual expected cash inflows are $43,264 for Project A and $15,444 for Project B. Both investments are expected to provide cash flow benefits for the next four years. Solomon Enterprises' desired rate of return is 8 percent. (PV of $1 and PVA of $1) (Use appropriate factor(s) from the tables provided.) Required a. Compute the net present value of each project. Which project should be adopted based on the net present value approach? b. Compute the approximate…WTF Ltd is considering replacing its old fully depreciated forklift with a new model. Two months ago, WTF paid LMAO Consulting $14,000 in consulting fees to help them evaluate the various forklifts on offer. Your manager suggests this consulting fee be spread over the life of the project. The cost of the recommended forklift is $52,000. The consultants estimate the old forklift will be able to be sold today for a salvage value of $20,000. In addition, WTF has estimated it will need to increase its holdings of inventory from $7,000 to $36,000 at the start of the project. The company tax rate is 30%. What is the total cash flow at the start of the project (report your answer to the nearest dollar)?
- Dwight Donovan, the president of Solomon Enterprises, is considering two investment opportunities. Because of limited resources, he will be able to invest in only one of them. Project A is to purchase a machine that will enable factory automation; the machine is expected to have a useful life of four years and no salvage value. Project B supports a training program that will improve the skills of employees operating the current equipment. Initial cash expenditures for Project A are $112,000 and for Project B are $45,000. The annual expected cash inflows are $43,264 for Project A and $15,444 for Project B. Both investments are expected to provide cash flow benefits for the next four years. Solomon Enterprises' desired rate of return is 8 percent. (PV of $1 and PVA of $1) (Use appropriate factor(s) from the tables provided.) Required a. Compute the net present value of each project. Which project should be adopted based on the net present value approach? b. Compute the approximate…Arnold Inc. is considering a proposal to manufacture high-end protein bars used as food supplements by body builders. The project requires use of an existing warehouse, which the firm acquired three years ago for $3 million and which it currently rents out for $101,000. Rental rates are not expected to change going forward. In addition to using the warehouse, the project requires an upfront investment into machines and other equipment of $1.5 million. This investment can be fully depreciated straight-line over the next 10 years for tax purposes. However, Arnold Inc. expects to terminate the project at the end of eight years and to sell the machines and equipment for $468,000. Finally, the project requires an initial investment into net working capital equal to 10 percent of predicted first-year sales. Subsequently, net working capital is 10 percent of the predicted sales over the following year. Sales of protein bars are expected to be $4.5 million in the first year and to stay…Arnold Inc. is considering a proposal to manufacture high-end protein bars used as food supplements by body builders. The project requires use of an existing warehouse, which the firm acquired three years ago for $3 million and which it currently rents out for $119,000. Rental rates are not expected to change going forward. In addition to using the warehouse, the project requires an upfront investment into machines and other equipment of $1.3 million. This investment can be fully depreciated straight-line over the next 10 years for tax purposes. However, Arnold Inc. expects to terminate the project at the end of eight years and to sell the machines and equipment for $482,000. Finally, the project requires an initial investment into net working capital equal to 10 percent of predicted first-year sales. Subsequently, net working capital is 10 percent of the predicted sales over the following year. Sales of protein bars are expected to be $4.8 million in the first year and to stay…