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Geary Machine Shop is considering a four-year project to improve its production

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Question

Geary Machine Shop is considering a four-year project to improve its production efficiency. Buying a new machine press for $1,046,400 is estimated to result in $348,800 in annual pretax cost savings. The press falls in the MACRS five-year class (MACRS Table), and it will have a salvage value at the end of the project of $152,600. The press also requires an initial investment in spare parts inventory of $43,600, along with an additional $6,540 in inventory for each succeeding year of the project.

  

If the shop's tax rate is 34 percent and its discount rate is 8 percent, what is the NPV for this project? (Do not round your intermediate calculations.)

  
rev: 09_18_2012

$69,152.37

$71,585.30

$-64,486.42

$72,609.99

$65,694.75

Geary Machine Shop is considering a four-year project to improve its production efficiency. Buying a new machine press for $1,046,400 is estimated to result in $348,800 in annual pretax cost savings. The press falls in the MACRS five-year class (MACRS Table), and it will have a salvage value at the end of the project of $152,600. The press also requires an initial investment in spare parts inventory of $43,600, along with an additional $6,540 in inventory for each succeeding year of the project.

Explanation / Answer

After-tax annual saving = 348,800*(1 - 0.34) = 230,208

0 1 2 3 4 Initial cost -1,046,400 A MACRS 20.00% 32.00% 19.20% 11.52% Depreciation 209,280.00 334,848.00 200,908.80 120,545.28 Tax saving on depreciation @ 34% 71,155.20 113,848.32 68,308.99 40,985.40 B Book Value (11.52% + 5.76%) 180,817.92 Market value 152,600.00 After-tax MV = MV-(MV-BV)*Tax 162,194.09 C Net change in WC -43,600.00 -6,540.00 -6,540.00 -6,540.00 63,220.00 D After-tax annual saving 230,208.00 230,208.00 230,208.00 230,208.00 E FCF -1,090,000.00 294,823.20 337,516.32 291,976.99 496,607.49 Sun A to E NPV @ 8% 69,152.37