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

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Question

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 11%.

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

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

B) If this project would cannibalize other projects by $2 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 $  

C) Ignore Part b. If the tax rate dropped to 30%, how would that change your answer to part a? Round your answer to the nearest cent.

Sales revenues $20 million Operating costs (excluding depreciation) 14 million Depreciation 4 million Interest expense 4 million

Explanation / Answer

a) Sales $ 20,000,000 Less: Costs $ 14,000,000 Depreciation $    4,000,000 Profit before tax $    2,000,000 Less: Tax $        800,000 Net income $    1,200,000 Add: Depreciation $    4,000,000 Operating cash flows year $    5,200,000 b) Sales $ 20,000,000 Less: Costs $ 14,000,000 Depreciation $    4,000,000 Profit before tax $    2,000,000 Less: Cannibalize effect $    2,000,000 Taxable profit $                   -   Less: Tax $                   -   Net income $                   -   Add: Depreciation $    4,000,000 Operating cash flows year $    4,000,000 c) Sales $ 20,000,000 Less: Costs $ 14,000,000 Depreciation $    4,000,000 Profit before tax $    2,000,000 Less: Tax $        600,000 Net income $    1,400,000 Add: Depreciation $    4,000,000 Operating cash flows year $    5,400,000