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Project cash flow Eisenhower Communications is trying to estimate the first-year

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Question

Project cash flow

Eisenhower Communications is trying to estimate the first-year net operating cash flow (at Year 1) for a proposed project. The financial staff has collected the following information on the project:

The company has a 40% tax rate, and its WACC is 10%.

Write out your answers completely. For example, 13 million should be entered as 13,000,000.

What is the project's operating cash flow for the first year (t = 1)? Round your answer to the nearest cent.
$   

If this project would cannibalize other projects by $0.5 million of cash flow before taxes per year, how would this change your answer to part a? Round your answer to the nearest cent.
The firm's OCF would now be $   

Ignore Part b. If the tax rate dropped to 35%, how would that change your answer to part a? Round your answer to the nearest cent.
The firm's operating cash flow would -Select-increasedecreaseItem 3  by $   

Sales revenues $5 million Operating costs (excluding depreciation) 3.5 million Depreciation 1 million Interest expense 1 million

Explanation / Answer

a) Sales $    5,000,000 Less: Costs $    3,500,000 Depreciation $    1,000,000 Profit before tax $        500,000 Less: Tax $        200,000 Net income $        300,000 Add: Depreciation $    1,000,000 Operating cash flows year $    1,300,000 b) Sales $    5,000,000 Less: Costs $    3,500,000 Depreciation $    1,000,000 Profit before tax $        500,000 Less: Cannibalize effect $        500,000 Taxable profit $                   -   Less: Tax $                   -   Net income $                   -   Add: Depreciation $    1,000,000 Operating cash flows year $    1,000,000 c) Sales $    5,000,000 Less: Costs $    3,500,000 Depreciation $    1,000,000 Profit before tax $        500,000 Less: Tax $        175,000 Net income $        325,000 Add: Depreciation $    1,000,000 Operating cash flows year $    1,325,000