We project unit sales for a new household-use laser-guided cockroach search and destroy system as follows:

The new system will be priced to sell at $380 each.

The cockroach eradicator project will require $1,800,000 in net working capital to start, and total net working capital will rise to 15 percent of the change in sales. The variable cost per unit is $265, and total fixed costs are $1,200,000 per year. The equipment necessary to begin production will cost a total of $24 million. This equipment is mostly industrial machinery and thus qualifies for CCA at a rate of 20 percent. In five years, this equipment will actually be worth about 20 percent of its cost.

The relevant tax rate is 35 percent, and the required return is 18 percent. Based on these preliminary estimates, what is the NPV of the project?

(use the spreadsheet template below and PVCCATS to answer this equation) NPV = CF year O + PVCCATS + discounted flow yr 1 + discounted flow yr 2?..+?.. discounted flow yr 5

Year 1 2 2345 Unit Sales 93,000 105,000 128,000 134,000 87,000 Sales Variable costs Fixed costs Net profit Taxes (35%) Net profit after-tax ANWC (15% ASales) NWC balance Cash flow Net profit after-tax + (ANWC) or NWC recovered Salvage value (20%) Total cash flow PV(t = 0) 1 2 3 4 5