he president of the company you work for has asked you to evaluate the proposed

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he president of the company you work for has asked you to evaluate the proposed acquisition of a new chromatograph for the firm’s R&D department. The equipment's basic price is $100,000, and it would cost another $15,000 to modify it for special use by your firm. The chromatograph, which falls into the MACRS 3-year class, would be sold after 3 years for $25,000. The MACRS rates for the first three years are 0.3333, 0.4445, and 0.1481. Use of the equipment would require an increase in net working capital (spare parts inventory) of $5,000. The machine would have no effect on revenues, but it is expected to save the firm $30,000 per year in before-tax operating costs, mainly labor. The firm's marginal federal-plus-state tax rate is 30%.

What is the Year-0 net cash flow? If the answer is negative, use minus sign.
$  

What are the net operating cash flows in Years 1, 2, and 3? Round your answers to the nearest dollar.

Year 1 $   Year 2 $   Year 3 $  

Explanation / Answer

a)

b)

Capitalized cost of equipment [100000+15000] 115000 Net working capital 5000 Initial cash outflow at year 0 - 120000

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