Reference no: EM13918404
You have been asked to render an opinion to your boss as to whether your employer should enter into the short-term capital project described below. The project requires the purchase of a new piece of equipment for a price of $25,000. The firm has paid a consultant $1,000 to estimate the revenues expected from the project. The firm that ships the equipment and installs it in our plant will charge $500. The project’s incremental operating cashflows before taxes will be $12,000 per year for three years. At the end of three years the equipment will be sold for $5000. The equipment has a three-year useful life and will be depreciated using the three-year MACRS depreciation schedule. (33.3%, 44.5%, 14.8%, 7.4%) The tax rate is 34% and the firm’s required rate of return is 17%.
a. What is the tax basis for the equipment?
b. What are the depreciation deductions for years 1, 2, and 3?
c. What will be the after tax net cash flow from the sale of the asset at the end of year three?
d. Calculate the total operating cash flow for each of the three years.
e. What is the net present value?
f. What is the internal rate of return?
g. Should you recommend this project to your boss? Why or why not?
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