I2C Beams Ltd., a manufacturer of lighted hockey pucks, is negotiating with the Hat Trick Company to

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I2C Beams Ltd., a manufacturer of lighted hockey pucks, is negotiating with the Hat Trick Company to purchase or to lease a machine that produces red-lighted pucks. The machine would cost $139,890. In five years the machine would have an estimated salvage value of $33,000. Its useful economic life is nine years.
I2C Beams can borrow funds at 12.5 percent from its Playoff Bank and has a tax rate of 36 percent. The capital cost rate on this machine is 30 percent, and I2C Beam's cost of capital is 16 percent. Lease payments would be at the beginning of each year, and tax savings would occur at the end of each year. Lease payments would be $32,500 over a five-year term.
Should I2C Beams Ltd. lease or borrow to purchase the machine? Show your calculations. We note that of all the cash flows, the salvage value has the greatest uncertainty. We recognize this by discounting the salvage value at a higher discount rate - the cost of capital.
Salvage Value
Salvage value is the estimated book value of an asset after depreciation is complete, based on what a company expects to receive in exchange for the asset at the end of its useful life. As such, an asset’s estimated salvage value is an important...
Cost Of Capital
Cost of capital refers to the opportunity cost of making a specific investment . Cost of capital (COC) is the rate of return that a firm must earn on its project investments to maintain its market value and attract funds. COC is the required rate of...
Discount Rate
Depending upon the context, the discount rate has two different definitions and usages. First, the discount rate refers to the interest rate charged to the commercial banks and other financial institutions for the loans they take from the Federal...
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Foundations of Financial Management

ISBN: 978-1259024979

10th Canadian edition

Authors: Stanley Block, Geoffrey Hirt, Bartley Danielsen, Doug Short, Michael Perretta

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