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Your company is contemplating replacing their current fleet of delivery vehicles

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Question

Your company is contemplating replacing their current fleet of delivery vehicles with Nissan NV vans. You will be replacing 5 fully-depreciated vans, which you think you can sell for $3,000 apiece and which you could probably use for another 2 years if you chose not to replace them. The NV vans will cost $29,850 each in the configuration you want them, and can be depreciated using MACRS over a 5-year life. Expected yearly before-tax cash savings due to acquiring the new vans amounts to about $3,700 each. If your cost of capital is 8 percent and your firm faces a 34 percent tax rate, what will the cash flows for this project be? (Round your answers to the nearest dollar amount.)

Explanation / Answer

Calculation of cash flows for the project :

Year 0

Year 1

Year 2

Year 3

Year 4

Year 5

Sale value of old Vans Net of tax (5 Vans * $3000)*(1-34%) (A)

$     9,900.00

Cost of New NV vans (5 Vans * $29850) (B)

$(149,250.00)

Expected yearly After-tax cash savings =3700* (1-34%)= (C)

$      2,442.00

$      2,442.00

$      2,442.00

$      2,442.00

$      2,442.00

Tax Saving on depreciation:

MACRS Depreciation Rate

$             0.20

$             0.32

$             0.19

$             0.12

$             0.12

Depreciation = Cost * Depreciation rate =

$     29,850.00

$     47,760.00

$     28,656.00

$     17,193.60

$     17,193.60

(149250*20%)

(149250*20%)

(149250*20%)

(149250*20%)

(149250*20%)

Tax Saving on depreciation = Depreciation * 34% (D)

$     10,149.00

$     16,238.40

$      9,743.04

$      5,845.82

$      5,845.82

Net Cash Flows

$(139,350.00)

$     12,591.00

$     18,680.40

$     12,185.04

$      8,287.82

$      8,287.82

Calculation of cash flows for the project :

Year 0

Year 1

Year 2

Year 3

Year 4

Year 5

Sale value of old Vans Net of tax (5 Vans * $3000)*(1-34%) (A)

$     9,900.00

Cost of New NV vans (5 Vans * $29850) (B)

$(149,250.00)

Expected yearly After-tax cash savings =3700* (1-34%)= (C)

$      2,442.00

$      2,442.00

$      2,442.00

$      2,442.00

$      2,442.00

Tax Saving on depreciation:

MACRS Depreciation Rate

$             0.20

$             0.32

$             0.19

$             0.12

$             0.12

Depreciation = Cost * Depreciation rate =

$     29,850.00

$     47,760.00

$     28,656.00

$     17,193.60

$     17,193.60

(149250*20%)

(149250*20%)

(149250*20%)

(149250*20%)

(149250*20%)

Tax Saving on depreciation = Depreciation * 34% (D)

$     10,149.00

$     16,238.40

$      9,743.04

$      5,845.82

$      5,845.82

Net Cash Flows

$(139,350.00)

$     12,591.00

$     18,680.40

$     12,185.04

$      8,287.82

$      8,287.82

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