In the below table we have calculated present value of incremental cash flows and Net present value
Particulars | Year 1 | Year 2 | Year 3 | Year 4 | Year 5 | Year 6 | Remarks |
Increase in cash based taxable income due to installation of Robot | 600,000 | 600,000 | 600,000 | 600,000 | 600,000 | 600,000 | Data taken as per Question |
Depreciation for each year on robot | -500000 | -500000 | -500000 | -500000 | -500000 | Installed cost of 2500000 depreciated over 5 years | |
Amount paid for software upgrade at end of year 4 | -30000 | ||||||
Expected sale proceeds from Robots | 450000 | 20% of original installed costs reduced by 50000 for removal fee | |||||
Total increase in taxable income from use of robots | 100,000 | 100,000 | 100,000 | 70,000 | 100,000 | 1,050,000 | |
Less: Tax @40% | -40000 | -40000 | -40000 | -28000 | -40000 | -420000 | |
Net increase in profits | 60,000 | 60,000 | 60,000 | 42,000 | 60,000 | 630,000 | |
Incremental cashflows due to use of Robots Net increase in post tax profits plus depreciation- A | 560,000 | 560,000 | 560,000 | 542,000 | 560,000 | 630,000 | |
Present Value Factor @12%-B | 0.89 | 0.80 | 0.71 | 0.64 | 0.57 | 0.51 | |
Present value of Incremental cashflows-A*B | 500,000 | 446,429 | 398,597 | 344,451 | 317,759 | 319,178 | |
Particulars | Amount | ||||||
Total value of incremental cashflows | 2,326,413 | sum of all bold numbers | |||||
Less: cost of Robot | (2,500,000) | ||||||
Net present value | (173,587) |
From the above NPV calculation the project will be rejected as NPV is negative and it will not generate 12% return
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