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Project cash flow Eisenhower Communications is trying to estimate the first-year

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Project cash flow

Eisenhower Communications is trying to estimate the first-year net operating cash flow (at Year 1) for a proposed project. The financial staff has collected the following information on the project:

The company has a 40% tax rate, and its WACC is 12%.

Write out your answers completely. For example, 13 million should be entered as 13,000,000.

What is the project's operating cash flow for the first year (t = 1)? Round your answer to the nearest cent.
$  

If this project would cannibalize other projects by $0.5 million of cash flow before taxes per year, how would this change your answer to part a? Round your answer to the nearest cent.
The firm's OCF would now be $  

Ignore Part b. If the tax rate dropped to 35%, how would that change your answer to part a? Round your answer to the nearest cent.
The firm's operating cash flow would -Select-increasedecreaseItem 3 by $  

Sales revenues $5 million Operating costs (excluding depreciation) 3.5 million Depreciation 1 million Interest expense 1 million

Explanation / Answer

Sales revenue                                                        10,000,000

Operating costs                                                       7,000,000

Depreciation                                                            2,000,000

Operating income before taxes                            1,000,000

Taxes (40%)                                                                  400,000

Operating income after taxes                                   600,000

Add back depreciation                                             2,000,000

Operating cash flow                                                  2,600,000

Sales revenue                                                        10,000,000

Operating costs                                                       7,000,000

Depreciation                                                            2,000,000

Operating income before taxes                            1,000,000

Taxes (40%)                                                                  350,000

Operating income after taxes                                   650,000

Add back depreciation                                             2,000,000

Operating cash flow                                                  2,650,000

Operating cash flow will increase by $50,000 if tax rate fall to 35%