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Warmack Machine Shop is considering a four-year project to improve its productio

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Question

Warmack Machine Shop is considering a four-year project to improve its production efficiency. Buying a new machine press for $510,000 is estimated to result in $210,000 in annual pretax cost savings. The press falls in the MACRS five-year class, and it will have a salvage value at the end of the project of $86,000. The press also requires an initial investment in spare parts inventory of $24,000, along with an additional $2,900 in inventory for each succeeding year of the project. The shop’s tax rate is 30 percent and its discount rate is 8 percent. (MACRS schedule)

Calculate the NPV of this project. (Do not round intermediate calculations and round your answer to 2 decimal places, e.g., 32.16.)

Warmack Machine Shop is considering a four-year project to improve its production efficiency. Buying a new machine press for $510,000 is estimated to result in $210,000 in annual pretax cost savings. The press falls in the MACRS five-year class, and it will have a salvage value at the end of the project of $86,000. The press also requires an initial investment in spare parts inventory of $24,000, along with an additional $2,900 in inventory for each succeeding year of the project. The shop’s tax rate is 30 percent and its discount rate is 8 percent. (MACRS schedule)

Explanation / Answer

Calculation of depreciation over project

Book value at end of project = $510000 - $421872= $88128

Loss on sale = $88128 - $86000 = $2128

After tax salvage value = 86000 + $2128 * 0.30 = $86638.4

Calculation of present value of cash flows

NPV = -534000 + 161759.3 + 165517.8 + 137710.8 + 182555.248 = +113543.18

Year MACRS rate Depreciation 1 0.2 102000 2 0.32 163200 3 0.192 97920 4 0.1152 58752 total 421872