Lander Company has an opportunity to pursue a capital budgeting project with a five-year time horizon. After

Question:

Lander Company has an opportunity to pursue a capital budgeting project with a five-year time horizon. After careful study, Lander estimated the following costs and revenues for the project:

Cost of equipment needed ........................................................................ $250,000

Working capital needed ............................................................................... $60,000

Repair the equipment in two years ............................................................ $18,000

Annual revenues and costs:

Sales revenues ............................................................................................ $350,000

Variable expenses ...................................................................................... $180,000

Fixed out-of-pocket operating costs .......................................................... $80,000

The piece of equipment mentioned above has a useful life of five years and zero salvage value. Lander uses straight-line depreciation for financial reporting and tax purposes. The company's tax rate is 30% and its after-tax cost of capital is 12%. When the project concludes in five years the working capital will be released for investment elsewhere within the company.

Required:

1. Calculate the annual income tax expense for each of years 1 through 5 that will arise as a result of this investment opportunity.

2. Calculate the net present value of this investment opportunity.

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