Bottoms Up Diaper Service is considering the purchase of a new industrial washer. It can purchase the washer for $6,600 and sell its old washer for $2,300. The new washer will last for 6 years and save $1,800 a year in expenses. The opportunity cost of capital is 19%, and the firm's tax rate is 21%. a. If the firm uses straight-line depreciation over a 6-year life, what are the cash flows of the project in years 0 to 6? The new washer will have zero salvage value after 6 years, and the old washer is fully depreciated. (Negative amounts should be indicated by a minus sign.) b. What is project NPV? (Do not round intermediate calculations. Round your answer to 2 decimal places.) c. What is NPV If the firm investment is entitled to immediate 100% bonus depreciation? (Do not round intermediate calculations. Round your answer to 2 decimal places.) a. Annual operating cash flow in year o Annual operating cash flow in years 1 to 6 NPV NPV b. c. Better Mousetraps has developed a new trap. It can go into production for an initial investment in equipment of $5.4 million. The equipment will be depreciated straight line over 6 years to a value of zero, but in fact it can be sold after 6 years for $668,000. The firm believes that working capital at each date must be maintained at a level of 15% of next year's forecast sales. The firm estimates production costs equal to $1.60 per trap and believes that the traps can be sold for $6 each. Sales forecasts are given in the following table. The project will come to an end in 6 years, when the trap becomes technologically obsolete. The firm's tax bracket is 35%, and the required rate of return on the project is 9%. Use the MACRS depreciation schedule. Thereafter Year: Sales (millions of traps) 0.6 0.8 1.0 1.0 0.9 0.6 a. What is project NPV? (Do not round intermediate calculations. Enter your answer in millions rounded to 4 decimal places.) NPV million b. By how much would NPV increase if the firm depreciated its investment using the 5-year MACRS schedule? (Do not round intermediate calculations. Enter your answer in whole dollars not in millions.) The NPV increases by Gluon Inc. is considering the purchase of a new high pressure glueball. It can purchase the glueball for $190,000 and sell its old low- pressure glueball, which is fully depreciated, for $34,000. The new equipment has a 10-year useful life and will save $42,000 a year in expenses. The opportunity cost of capital is 11%, and the firm's tax rate is 21%. What is the equivalent annual saving from the purchase if Gluon can depreciate 100% of the investment immediately. (Do not round intermediate calculations. Round your answer to 2 decimal places.) Equivalent annual savings
