The Wrongway Ad Agency provides cars for its sales staff. In the past, the compa

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The Wrongway Ad Agency provides cars for its sales staff. In the past, the company has always purchased its cars from a dealer and then sold the cars after three years of use. The company’s present fleet of cars is three years old and will be sold very shortly. To provide a replacement fleet, the company is considering two alternatives as follows:

Purchase Alternative. The company can purchase the cars, as in the past, and sell the cars after three years of use. Ten cars will be needed, which can be purchased at a discounted price of $18,300 each. If this alternative is accepted, the following costs will be incurred on the fleet as a whole:

Lease Alternative. The company can lease the cars under a three-year lease contract. The lease cost would be $57,750 per year (with the first payment due at the end of year 1). As part of this lease cost, the owner would provide all servicing and repairs, license the cars, and pay all the taxes. Wrongway would be required to make a $21,250 security deposit at the beginning of the lease period, which would be refunded when the cars were returned to the owner at the end of the lease contract.

Click here to view Exhibit 10-1 and Exhibit 10-2, to determine the appropriate discount factor(s) using tables.

Use the total cost approach to determine the present value of the cash flows associated with each alternative. (Negative amounts should be indicated with a minus sign. Round discount factor(s) to 3 decimal places. Round other intermediate calculations and final answers to the nearest whole dollar amounts.)

what is the purchase value of cash flows for the purchase of fleet and lease of cars?

The Wrongway Ad Agency provides cars for its sales staff. In the past, the company has always purchased its cars from a dealer and then sold the cars after three years of use. The company’s present fleet of cars is three years old and will be sold very shortly. To provide a replacement fleet, the company is considering two alternatives as follows:

Explanation / Answer

Solution:

(A).

Purchased Price = 18,000

Less: Servicing and Taxes = 6,450

Less: Repairesof 3 Years = 12,300

   Balance = (750)

   Sold of Cars (18,000*1.5/100) =   270

Loss on Cars = 480

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