Question

Unanswered not submitted ABC Corporation has hired you to evaluate a new FOUR year project for the firm. The project will require the purchase of a $780,000.00 work cell. Further, it will cost the firm $56,800.00 to get the work cell delivered and installed. The work cell will be straight-line depreciated to zero with a 20-year useful life. The project will require new employees to be trained at a cost of $66,700.00. The project will also use a piece of equipment the firm already owns. The equipment has been fully depreciated, but has a market value of $6,000.00. Finally, the firm will invest $11,000.00 in net working capital to ensure the project has sufficient resources to be successful. The project will generate annual sales of $915,000.00 with expenses estimated at 37.00% of sales. Net working capital will be held constant throughout the project. The tax rate is 38.00%. The work cell is estimated to have a market value of $470,000.00 at the end of the fourth year. The firm expects to reclaim 85.00% of the final NWC position. The cost of capital is 11.00%. What is the cash flow to start the project in year 0? Submit Answer format: Currency: Round to: 2 decimal places.

Answer 1

purchase price	780,000
installation cost	56,800
training cost	66,700
opportunity cost of old equipment	6,000
net working capital required	11,000
cash flow to start the project in year 0	920,500