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Elite Company is planning to add a new product to its line. To manufacture this product, the company needs to buy a new machine at a $ 300,000 cost with an expected four- year life and a $ 20,000 salvage value. All sales are for cash, and all costs are out of pocket except for depreciation on the new machine.            

Additional information includes the following.            
Expected annual sales of new product . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  $ 1,150,000            
Expected annual costs of new product            
Direct materials . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 300,000            
Direct labor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 420,000            
Overhead excluding straight- line depreciation on new machine . . . . . . 210,000            
Selling and administrative expenses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100,000            
Income taxes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  . . . . . . 30%            
           
Required

1. Compute straight- line depreciation for each year of this new machine's life. ( Round depreciation amounts to the nearest dollar.)

2. Determine expected net income and net cash flow for each year of this machine's life. ( Round answers to the nearest dollar.)

3. Compute this machine's payback period, assuming that cash flows occur evenly throughout each year. ( Round the payback period to two decimals.)

4. Compute this machine's accounting rate of return, assuming that income is earned evenly throughout each year. ( Round the percentage return to two decimals.)

5. Compute the net present value for this machine using a discount rate of 7% and assuming that cash flows occur at each year- end.

Net Present Value
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Salvage Value
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Discount Rate
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Payback Period
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Fundamental accounting principle

ISBN: 978-0078025587

21st edition

Authors: John J. Wild, Ken W. Shaw, Barbara Chiappetta

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