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A business corporation is considering a new three year project
that requires an initial fixed asset investment of $5.6 million.
The fixed asset will be depreciated straight-line to zero over a 4
year life. The project is estimated to generate $3 million in
annual sales with variable costs of $700,000 and fixed costs of
$300,000. If the tax rate is 25%. Suppose the project requires an
initial investment in net working capital of $500,000 and the fixed
assets will be...
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IBT Tech Inc is considering a new 3-year investment project that
requires an initial fixed asset investment of $4.49 million. The
fixed asset will be depreciated straight-line to zero over its
three-year life. The project is estimated to generate $2,950,000 in
sales per year with additional costs of $952,000 per year. The tax
rate is 30% and the required return (appropriate discount rate) is
16%. The fixed asset should have a market (or salvage) value of
$595,000 at the end...
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IBT Tech Inc is considering a new 3-year investment project that
requires an initial fixed asset investment of $4.49 million. The
fixed asset will be depreciated straight-line to zero over its
three-year life. The project is estimated to generate $3,010,000 in
sales per year with additional costs of $905,000 per year. The tax
rate is 30% and the required return (appropriate discount rate) is
16%. The fixed asset should have a market (or salvage) value of
$595,000 at the end...
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Hubrey Home Inc. is considering a new three-year expansion
project that requires an initial fixed asset investment of $3.6
million. The fixed asset falls into Class 10 for tax purposes (CCA
rate of 30% per year), and at the end of the three years can be
sold for a salvage value equal to its UCC. The project is estimated
to generate $2,620,000 in annual sales, with costs of $829,000. If
the tax rate is 35%, what is the OCF for...
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Down Under Boomerang, Inc., is considering a new 6-year project that requires an initial investment in a fixed asset of $6.426 million. The fixed asset will be depreciated straight- line to zero over its 6-year life. After Year O, the project is expected to generate $5,712,000 in annual sales per year, with operating costs of $2,284,800 per year. The tax rate is 33 percent and the appropriate discount rate is 17 percent. The project requires an increase in net working...
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Quad Enterprises is considering a new three-year expansion
project that requires an initial fixed asset investment of $2.43
million. The fixed asset will be depreciated straight-line to zero
over its three-year tax life and is estimated to have a market
value of $281,289 at the end of the project. The project is
estimated to generate $2,102,812 in annual sales, with costs of
$805,313. The project requires an initial investment in net working
capital of $361,924. If the tax rate is...
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Quad Enterprises is considering a new three-year expansion
project that requires an initial fixed asset investment of $2.41
million. The fixed asset will be depreciated straight-line to zero
over its three-year tax life and is estimated to have a market
value of $213,186 at the end of the project. The project is
estimated to generate $2,105,355 in annual sales, with costs of
$883,025. The project requires an initial investment in net working
capital of $377,259. If the tax rate is...
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Forecasting and Firm Valuation 7. (10) Wayward Products is considering a new project that requires an investment of $24 million in machinery. This is expected to produce sales of $70 million per year for 3 years. Operating expenses are 80% of sales. The machinery will be fully depreciated to a zero-book value over 3 years using straight-line depreciation. There is no salvage value. There is an initial investment of $3 million in net operating working capital. At the end of...
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Phone Home, Inc. is considering a new 4-year expansion project
that requires an initial fixed asset investment of $3 million. The
fixed asset will be depreciated straight-line to zero over its
4-year tax life, after which time it will have a market value of
$225,000. The project requires an initial investment in net working
capital of $330,000, all of which will be recovered at the end of
the project. The project is estimated to generate $2,640,000 in
annual sales, with...
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Telecom Italia is considering the investment in a
capital project. The initial cost in year 0 is $130,000 to be
depreciated straight over 5 years to an expected salvage value of
$15,000. The firm’s tax rate is 35% and it has a 10% cost of
capital (the firm's discount rate, or "hurdle" rate). For this
project an additional investment in working capital of $12,000 is
required and it will be recovered in full at the end of the
project’s life....