You work in the finance department of Fresh Dumplings Pty Ltd.
The company is considering the prospect of purchasing cooking
equipment and your manager has asked you to do financial analysis
to help inform the company’s decision. The equipment costs $180,000
installed and, according to the Australian Taxation Commissioner
schedule, will have an effective life of 9 years.
Your manager has asked you to use the straight-line depreciation
method (i.e. allocate cost evenly over the useful life) for tax
purposes and management expects it will be able to sell the oven at
the end of its effective life for $30,000.
Your manager has given you the following data to use in your
analysis. It is estimated that the additional oven will increase
annual sales by $160,000 and operating expenses will be 80% of
revenues. The expansion is also expected to increase sales of other
food and drink within the business by $40,000 with associated costs
averaging 50% of sales. An additional investment of $15,000
inventory will also be required. The company’s tax rate is 30% and
the project’s cost of capital is 11%.
(a) Prepare a schedule of relevant cash
flows expected from this project. (12 marks)
(b) Calculate the project NPV. (4 marks)
(c) Advise management with reasons on
whether they should or should not invest in this project. (4
marks)
You work in the finance department of Fresh Dumplings Pty Ltd. The company is considering the prospect of purchasing coo...
You work in the finance department of Fresh Dumplings Pty Ltd. The company is considering the prospect of purchasing cooking equipment and your manager has asked you to do financial analysis to help inform the company’s decision. The equipment costs $180,000 installed and, according to the Australian Taxation Commissioner schedule, will have an effective life of 9 years. Your manager has asked you to use the straight-line depreciation method (i.e. allocate cost evenly over the useful life) for tax purposes...
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