Ches Antonio Melton, the chief executive officer of Stuart Corporation, has assembled his top advisers to evaluate an investment opportunity. The advisers expect the company to pay $404,000 cash at the beginning of the investment and the cash inflow for each of the following four years to be the following. Note that the annual cash inflows below are net of tax Year 1 Year a Year 586,000 $97,000 $120,000 $136,000 Mt. Melton agrees with his advisers that the company should use a desired rate of return of 14 percent to compute net present value to evaluate the viability of the proposed project (PV of S1 and PVA of S1 (Use appropriate factor(s) from the tables provided.) Required . Compute the net present value of the proposed project. Should Me, Melton approve the project? b.&c. Shawn Love, one of the advisers, is wary of the cash flow forecast and she points out that the advisers failed to consider that the depreciation on equipment used in this project will be tax deductible. The depreciation is expected to be $80,800 per year for the four year period. The company's income tax rate is 30 percent per year. Use this information to revise the company's expected cash flow from this project. Compute the net present value of the project based on the revised cash flow forecast. Should Mr. Melton approve the project? (For all requirements, Negative amount should be indicated by a minus sign. Round your intermediate calculations and final answer to the nearest whole dollar) Not present value Should Me Medion prove the project bic He present vil Should Mi Melton acrove the Mr. Melton agrees with his advisers that the company should use a desired rate of return of 14 percent to compute net present value to evaluate the viability of the proposed project. (PV of $1 and PVA of S1) (Use appropriate factor(s) from the tables provided.) Required a. Compute the net present value of the proposed project. Should Mr. Melton approve the project? b.&c. Shawn Love, one of the advisers, is wary of the cash flow forecast and she points out that the advisers failed to consider that the depreciation on equipment used in this project will be tax deductible. The depreciation is expected to be $80,800 per year for the four-year period. The company's income tax rate is 30 percent per year. Use this information to revise the company's expected cash flow from this project Compute the net present value of the project based on the revised cash flow forecast. Should Mr. Melton approve the project? (For all requirements, Negative amount should be indicated by a minus sign. Round your intermediate calculations and final answer to the nearest whole dollar.) 8 Net present value Should Mr Melton approve the project? b&c. Net present value Should Mr Melton approve the project
