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Bottoms Up Diaper Service is considering the purchase of a new industrial wosher

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Question

Bottoms Up Diaper Service is considering the purchase of a new industrial wosher. It can purchase the washer for $7.500 and sell its old washer for $2000. The new washer will last for 6 years and save $2000 a year in expenses. The opportunity cost of capital is 16%, and the firm's tax rate is 40% a. If the firm uses straight -line depreciation to an assumed salvage value of zero over a 6-year life, what is the annual operating cash flow of the project in years 1 to 6? The new washer will in fact have zero salvage value,after 6 years, and the old washer is fully depreciated operating cash flow b. What is project NPV? (Negative amount should be indicated by a minus sign. Do not round intermediate calculetions. Round your answer to 2 decimel places) NPV e. What is NPV if the firm uses MACRS depreciation intermediate calculations. Round your a n with a S-year tax life? Use the MACRS depreciation schedule. (Do not round nswer to 2 decimal places.)

Explanation / Answer

a)

Annual Operating Cash Flow

Annual Savings

$2,000

Less: Depreciation

$1,250

Add: Tax saved on depreciation

$500

Annual Operating Cash Flow

$3,750

b) Formula for NPV: NPV = R x {[1 – (1+i)-n] / i} – Initial Investment


R is the Annual operating cash flow;
i is the required rate of return per period; (In this case, it will be opportunity cost of capital)
n is life in years.

Initial investment = Cost of new washer – After-tax value of old washer

After-tax value of old washer = Market value of washer * (1-tax rate)
(Note: When market value of an equipment is higher than its book value, tax is levied on the amount over book value when equipment is sold)


Initial investment => $7,500 – [$2,000*(1-0.4)]
=> $7,500 - $1,200
= $6,300

NPV = $3,750*{[1 – (1+0.16)-6] / 0.16} – $6,300
=> ($3,750*3.684735908) - $6,300
=> $13,817.76 - $6,300
= $7,517.76

c) Annual operating cash flow with MACRS depreciation with 5-year tax life:

Year

1

2

3

4

5

6

Annual Savings

$2,000

$2,000

$2,000

$2,000

$2,000

$2,000

Less: Depreciation

$1,500

$2,400

$1,440

$864

$864

$432

Add: Tax saved on depreciation

$600

$960

$576

$346

$346

$173

Annual Operating Cash Flow

$4,100

$5,360

$4,016

$3,210

$3,210

$2,605

Formula for NPV: -Initial investment + [(Cash Inflow1)/(1+r)1] + [(Cash Inflow2)/(1+r)2] + [(Cash Inflow3)/(1+r)3]…..+ [(Cash Inflown)/(1+r)n]

NPV = {$4,100/(1+.16)1} + {$5,360/(1+.16)2} + {$4,016/(1+.16)3} + {$3,210/(1+.16)4} + {$2,605/(1+.16)5} - $6,300
=> $3,534.48 + $3,983.35 + $2,572.88 + $1,772.63 + $1,528.13 + $1,069.12 - $6,300 = $8,160.60

Annual Operating Cash Flow

Annual Savings

$2,000

Less: Depreciation

$1,250

Add: Tax saved on depreciation

$500

Annual Operating Cash Flow

$3,750

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