Edward is considering starting a business. The processing equipment costs are estimated at $245,000 and the building at $100,000. He estimates his working capital needs at $20,000. Edward thinks that he would like to run the business for 10 years and then do something else. Here are the details of his operating costs:

1.He estimates the revenue for the first year will be $220,000 with an increase of 5% per year for the 10-year project life.

2.Returns on products by customers are estimated at 7% of revenues for all years.

3.Cost of goods sold (COGS), which is the total of all operating expenses to make the product, are estimated as 35% of the revenues.

4.Edward believes that the business will be started in the month of January and can be sold at the end of 10 years.

a. The equipment will be depreciated on a MACRS basis as a seven-year property.

b. The building will be depreciated as real property.

c. Assume the business will start in the January and sold in December.

d. Working capital will be recovered as part of the price that Edward will get for the business.

5.Edward estimates his selling and administrative expenses:

a. Selling expenses will be 10% of revenue in Year 1, increasing by 0.1% every year. This means that the Year 2 selling expenses will be 10.1% of that years revenue, the Year 3 selling expenses will be 10.2% of that years revenue, and so on.

b. Administrative expenses will be 2% of revenue in Year 1, increasing by 0.5% every year. This means that the Year 2 administrative expenses will be 2.5% of that years revenue, the Year 3 selling expenses will be 3.0% of that years revenue, and so on.

c. Research expenses will be $24,000 in the first year and will increase by 5% every year.

d. Marketing expenses will be 5% of revenue in Year 1, increasing by 0.5% every year. This means that Year 2 marketing expenses will be 5.5% of that years revenue, Year 3 marketing expenses will be 6.0% of that years revenue, and so on.

6.Income taxes can be assumed to be a flat 28% for all income levels.

7.Edward will draw a suitable salary for working for the company that is included in the COGS.

Based on the above scenario, complete the following exercises:

Exercise 9.3: If Edward believes that he needs to get a bonus of $20,000 per year for the extra effort that he will be putting into the business, for what price should the first scenario option sell for at the end of 10 years? The bonus will be treated as an additional expense and will be included as a part of the COGS.