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Gaston Company is considering a capital budgeting project that would require a $

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Gaston Company is considering a capital budgeting project that would require a $2,600,000 investment in equipment with a useful life of five years and no salvage value. The company's tax rate is 30% and its after-tax cost of capital is 13%. It uses the straight-line depreciation method for financial reporting and tax purposes. The project would provide net operating income each year for five years as follows: Click here to view Exhibit 13B-1 and Exhibit 13B-2, to determine the appropriate discount factor(s) using tables. Required: Compute the project's net present value. (Round discount factor(s) to 3 decimal places.)

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Year                                                               1                             2                                                            3                                     4                             5 Revenue inflows                                             3,300,000           3,300,000                                          3,300,000                   3,300,000           3,300,000 Costs outflows(Variable+fixed excluding dep.) –                                             2,400,000           2,400,000                                          2,400,000                   2,400,000           2,400,000 Before-tax net cash flows                                                 900,000               900,000                                             900,000                       900,000               900,000 Depreciation –                                                 520,000               520,000                                             520,000                       520,000               520,000 Income before taxes                                                 380,000               380,000                                             380,000                       380,000               380,000 Taxes @ 30% –                                                 114,000               114,000                                             114,000                       114,000               114,000 After-tax net income                                                 266,000               266,000                                             266,000                       266,000               266,000 Depreciation +                                                 520,000               520,000                                             520,000                       520,000               520,000 After-tax cash flows                                                 786,000               786,000                                             786,000                       786,000               786,000 After-tax salvage value +                                                              -                              -                                                             -                                      -                              -   After-tax total net cash flows                                                 786,000               786,000                                             786,000                       786,000               786,000 Discount rate @ 13%                                                               1                             1                                                            1                                     1                             1 PV                                                 695,531               615,517                                             544,698                       482,054               426,602 Total present value                                             2,764,401 Initial investment -                                             2,600,000 NPV                                                 164,401 Depriciation Investment 2,600,000 Life (Years) 5 Salvage value 0 Investment-Salvage Value/Life 2,600,000-0/5 $520,000