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Down Under Boomerang, Inc., is considering a new three-year expansion project th

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Question

Down Under Boomerang, Inc., is considering a new three-year expansion project that requires an initial fixed asset investment of $2.46 million. The fixed asset falls into the three-year MACRS class. The project is estimated to generate $2,000,000 in annual sales, with costs of $711,000. The project requires an initial investment in net working capital of $220,000, and the fixed asset will have a market value of $300,000 at the end of the project. If the tax rate is 35 percent and the required return is 16 percent, what is the project’s Year 1 net cash flow? Year 2? Year 3? (

(Enter your answers in dollars, not millions of dollars, i.e. 1,234,567. Negative amounts should be indicated by a minus sign. Do not round intermediate calculations and round your final answers to 2 decimal places. (e.g., 32.16))

What is the NPV? (Enter your answer in dollars, not millions of dollars, i.e. 1,234,567. Do not round intermediate calculations and round your final answer to 2 decimal places. (e.g., 32.16))

(Enter your answers in dollars, not millions of dollars, i.e. 1,234,567. Negative amounts should be indicated by a minus sign. Do not round intermediate calculations and round your final answers to 2 decimal places. (e.g., 32.16))

What is the NPV? (Enter your answer in dollars, not millions of dollars, i.e. 1,234,567. Do not round intermediate calculations and round your final answer to 2 decimal places. (e.g., 32.16))

Explanation / Answer

Answer

We have been provided with the information as follow

Initial Investment

2,460,000

Add: Working Capital Requires

220,000

Depriciation method

three-year MACRS

Sales

2,000,000

Less:

Variable Cost

711,000

Contrbution

1,289,000

Less: 35% tax

451150

Cash Flow

837,850

Now first of all we will calculate Depreciation and Depreciation Tax Shield as follow,

Year

Assets Valu

Dep.
Rate

Depriciation

Dep. Tax
Shield

1

2,460,000

33.33%

819918

286971.3

2

2,460,000

44.45%

1093470

382714.5

3

2,460,000

14.81%

364326

127514.1

When company sale the machine that time cash flow would be as follow,

Salvage Value

300,000

Less : 35% tax
(300,000-182286)

41200

Net Cash Flow

258,800

Now we will compute NPV as follow

Year

Cash Flow

Dep. Tax
Shield

Realese of
Working
Capital

Salvage
Recipt

Net
Cash Flow

PV Factor@16%

Prasent
Value

0

-2,680,000

-2,680,000

1

-2680000

1

837850

286971.3

1,124,821

0.862069

969673.5

2

837850

382714.5

1,220,565

0.743163

907078.3

3

837850

127514.1

220,000

258,800

1,444,164

0.640658

925214.8

121966.6

NPV of the Project is $ 1211966.6

Initial Investment

2,460,000

Add: Working Capital Requires

220,000

Depriciation method

three-year MACRS

Sales

2,000,000

Less:

Variable Cost

711,000

Contrbution

1,289,000

Less: 35% tax

451150

Cash Flow

837,850

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