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5) You’re considering investing in a project with the following characteristics:

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Question

5) You’re considering investing in a project with the following characteristics:

The investment of $400 can be depreciated to zero book value over 10 years.

EBITDA in year 1 is equal to $100, and from there on is expected to grow at 5% per year, every year, forever.

NWC requirements are $100 in year 0, and expected to remain constant forever.

The discount rate for all cash flows is constant and equal to 20% per year.

Compute the NPV of the project if the tax rate is 0% per year. Is the IRR in this case higher or lower than 20%?

Compute the NPV of the project if the tax rate is 40% per year. Is the IRR in this case higher or lower than 20%?

Explanation / Answer

when tax rate is 0%

when tax rate is 40%

Year EBITDA Dep% Depreciation profit after dep Tax benefits from Depreciation Working capital Cash flow NPV at 20% 0 400                      100                 (500)                 (500) 1                        100 10.00%                        40                        60                         -                        60                      50 2                        105 10.00%                        40                        65                         -                        65                      45 3                        110 10.00%                        40                        70                         -                        70                      41 4                        116 10.00%                        40                        76                         -                        76                      37 5                        122 10.00%                        40                        82                         -                        82                      33 6                        128 10.00%                        40                        88                         -                        88                      29 7                        134 10.00%                        40                        94                         -                        94                      26 8                        141 10.00%                        40                      101                         -                      101                      23 9                        148 10.00%                        40                      108                         -                      108                      21 10                        155 10.00%                        40                      115                         -                        100                    115                      19 NPV                 (176) IRR 9.93%
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