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Mustang Enterprises, Inc., has been considering the purchase of a new manufactur

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Question

Mustang Enterprises, Inc., has been considering the purchase of a new manufacturing facility for $280,000. The facility is to be fully depreciated on a straight-line basis over seven years. It is expected to have no resale value after the seven years. Operating revenues from the facility are expected to be $115,000, in nominal terms, at the end of the first year. The revenues are expected to increase at the inflation rate of 2 percent. Production costs at the end of the first year will be $40,000, in nominal terms, and they are expected to increase at 3 percent per year. The real discount rate is 5 percent. The corporate tax rate is 40 percent. Calculate the NPV of the project. (Do not round intermediate calculations and round your answer to 2 decimal places, e.g., 32.16.)

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Explanation / Answer


NPV = $159,803.23

………….

Working:

Nominal rate for discounting = (1+real rate) x (1+inflation rate)-1

Nominal rate for discounting = (1+5%) x (1+2%)-1

Nominal rate for discounting = 7.10%

Year

Cash outflows

Cash inflows

Depreciation = D = 280000/7 = 40000

Net cash flow* = (CF-D)x(1-Tax rate)+D+WC

Discount factor = Df = 1/(1+Rate)^Year

Present Values

Co

Ci

D

(Co+Ci-D)x(1-40% rate)+D

Df = 1/(1+7.1%)^Year

Df x Net Cash flows

0

-280000.00

0.00

0.00

-280,000.00

1.000000

-280,000.00

1

-40,000.00

115,000.00

40,000.00

61,000.00

0.999291

60,956.75

2

-41,200.00

117,300.00

40,000.00

61,660.00

0.998582

61,572.57

3

-42,436.00

119,646.00

40,000.00

62,326.00

0.997873

62,193.43

4

-43,709.08

122,038.92

40,000.00

62,997.90

0.997165

62,819.30

5

-45,020.35

124,479.70

40,000.00

63,675.61

0.996458

63,450.07

6

-46,370.96

126,969.29

40,000.00

64,359.00

0.995751

64,085.54

7

-47,762.09

129,508.68

40,000.00

65,047.95

0.995044

64,725.57

Total = NPV =

159,803.23

Year

Cash outflows

Cash inflows

Depreciation = D = 280000/7 = 40000

Net cash flow* = (CF-D)x(1-Tax rate)+D+WC

Discount factor = Df = 1/(1+Rate)^Year

Present Values

Co

Ci

D

(Co+Ci-D)x(1-40% rate)+D

Df = 1/(1+7.1%)^Year

Df x Net Cash flows

0

-280000.00

0.00

0.00

-280,000.00

1.000000

-280,000.00

1

-40,000.00

115,000.00

40,000.00

61,000.00

0.999291

60,956.75

2

-41,200.00

117,300.00

40,000.00

61,660.00

0.998582

61,572.57

3

-42,436.00

119,646.00

40,000.00

62,326.00

0.997873

62,193.43

4

-43,709.08

122,038.92

40,000.00

62,997.90

0.997165

62,819.30

5

-45,020.35

124,479.70

40,000.00

63,675.61

0.996458

63,450.07

6

-46,370.96

126,969.29

40,000.00

64,359.00

0.995751

64,085.54

7

-47,762.09

129,508.68

40,000.00

65,047.95

0.995044

64,725.57

Total = NPV =

159,803.23