Carlos owns and operates a restaurant. To help expand his business, Carlos is considering the feasibility of offering a wedding catering service. To open this service, Carlos needs a van to deliver his food to the various weddings. After doing some research and price-checking, he has found a suitable new van online costing $50,000. Carlos will make a 25% down payment and finance the rest of the van with an amortized loan over 5 years at a 6.5% interest rate. Carlos predicts that by catering approximately 8 weddings a year at about $4,000 per wedding, he will increase his operating receipts by $32,000 per year. However, his operating expenses such as food, fuel, labor, and insurance will increase by approximately $20,000 per year. Carlos assumed a straight-line depreciation over 8 years and the life of the investment is 5 years. The terminal value of the van is $30,000 after the 5 years, and Carlos requires a pretax 9% rate of return to capital. The marginal tax rate over the next 7 years is 23%.

What is the appropriate discount rate to calculate the NPV in this problem?

a.6.5% b.6.93%

What is the initial cost for the service?

a. $50,000 b. $,37,500

c. $38,000 d.$56,000

What is the yearly allowable depreciation using the straight-line method?

a.$7,000 b.$6,000

c.$6,500 d.$6,250

What are the yearly after-tax net returns?

a.$12,000 b.$32,000

c.$9,240 d.$20,000

What is the after-tax terminal value?

a.$32,000 b.$30,000

c.$27,412.50 d.$27,500.50

What is the NPV?

a.$14,000 b.$13,470.83

c.$13,789.98 d.$12,456.79

What is the maximum operating expense for food, fuel, labor, and insurance that can be spent on this investment and still be a good investment?

a. $22,630 b. $24,263

c. $27,506 d. $25,695