Excel Online Structured Activity: New project analysis You must evaluate the purchase of a proposed spectrometer for the R&D department. The base price is $220,000, and it would cost another $33,000 to modify the equipment for special use by the firm. The equipment falls into the MACRS 3-year class and would be sold after 3 years for $77,000. The applicable depreciation rates are 33%, 45%, 15%, and 7%. The equipment would require an $14,000 increase in net operating working capital (spare parts inventory). The project would have no effect on revenues, but it should save the firm $57,000 per year in before-tax labor costs. The firm's marginal federal-plus-state tax rate is 40%. The data has been collected in the Microsoft Excel Online file below. Open the spreadsheet and perform the required analysis to answer the questions below.

You must evaluate the purchase of a proposed spectrometer for the R&D department. The base price is $220,000, and it would cost another $33,000 to modify the equipment for special use by the firm. The equipment falls into the MACRS 3-year class and would be sold after 3 years for $77,000. The applicable depreciation rates are 33%, 45%, 15%, and 7%. The equipment would require an $14,000 increase in net operating working capital (spare parts inventory). The project would have no effect on revenues, but it should save the firm $57,000 per year in before-tax labor costs. The firm's marginal federal-plus-state tax rate is 40%. The data has been collected in the Microsoft Excel Online file below. Open the spreadsheet and perform the required analysis to answer the questions below. Open spreadsheet a. What is the initial investment outlay for the spectrometer, that is, what is the Year O project cash flow? Round your answer to the nearest cent. Negative amount should be indicated by a minus sign. b. What are the project's annual cash flows in Years 1, 2, and 3? Round your answers to the nearest cent. In Year 1 $ In Year 2 $ In Year 3 $ c. If the WACC is 13%, should the spectrometer be purchased? F G Base price Additional modification costs Before-tax salvage proceeds 6 Change in NOWC 7 Before-tax labor cost savings 8 WACC 9 Tax rate $220,000 $33,000 $77,000 $14,000 $57,000 13.00% 40.00% Yr. O Yr. 1 Yr. 2 Yr. 3 12 Depreciation rates 0.33 0.45 0.15 14 Yr. O Yr. 1 Yr. 2 Yr. 3 16 Base price 17 Modification costs 18 NOWC 19 $57,000.00 $57,000.00 $57,000.00 21 20 Before-tax labor cost savings Depreciation 22 Operating income Taxes After-tax operating income Add back depreciation Operating cash flows 23 24 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 28 Termination cash flows 29 Before-tax salvage proceeds 30 Tax on salvage value $77,000.00 Sheet1 30 Tax on salvage value NOWC recapture 32 Project cash flows $14,000.00 NPV Project acceptance? Yr. 2 Yr. 3 39 Yr. O #N/A #N/A #N/A $57,000.00 Formulas 38 Base price 40 Modification costs 41 NOWC 42 43 Before-tax labor cost savings 44 Depreciation 45 Operating income 46 Taxes 47 After-tax operating income 48 Add back depreciation 49 Operating cash flows 50 51 Termination cash flows 52 Before-tax salvage proceeds 53 Tax on salvage value 54 NOWC recapture 55 Project cash flows $57,000.00 #N/A #N/A #N/A #N/A #N/A $57,000.00 #N/A #N/A #N/A #N/A #N/A #N/A #N/A #N/A #N/A #N/A #N/A #N/A =B1 $77,000.00 #N/A $14,000.00 #N/A #N/A #N/A 56 57 NPV 58 Project acceptance? #N/A #N/A Sheet1 6 You must evaluate the purchase of a proposed spectrometer for the R&D department. The base price is $220,000, and it would cost another $33,000 to modify the equipment for special use by the firm. The equipment falls into the MACRS 3-year class and would be sold after 3 years for $77,000. The applicable depreciation rates are 33%, 45%, 15%, and 7%. The equipment would require an $14,000 increase in net operating working capital (spare parts inventory). The project would have no effect on revenues, but it should save the firm $57,000 per year in before-tax labor costs. The firm's marginal federal-plus-state tax rate is 40%. The data has been collected in the Microsoft Excel Online file below. Open the spreadsheet and perform the required analysis to answer the questions below. Open spreadsheet a. What is the initial investment outlay for the spectrometer, that is, what is the Year O project cash flow? Round your answer to the nearest cent. Negative amount should be indicated by a minus sign. b. What are the project's annual cash flows in Years 1, 2, and 3? Round your answers to the nearest cent. In Year 1 $ In Year 2 $ In Year 3 $ c. If the WACC is 13%, should the spectrometer be purchased? F G Base price Additional modification costs Before-tax salvage proceeds 6 Change in NOWC 7 Before-tax labor cost savings 8 WACC 9 Tax rate $220,000 $33,000 $77,000 $14,000 $57,000 13.00% 40.00% Yr. O Yr. 1 Yr. 2 Yr. 3 12 Depreciation rates 0.33 0.45 0.15 14 Yr. O Yr. 1 Yr. 2 Yr. 3 16 Base price 17 Modification costs 18 NOWC 19 $57,000.00 $57,000.00 $57,000.00 21 20 Before-tax labor cost savings Depreciation 22 Operating income Taxes After-tax operating income Add back depreciation Operating cash flows 23 24 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 28 Termination cash flows 29 Before-tax salvage proceeds 30 Tax on salvage value $77,000.00 Sheet1 30 Tax on salvage value NOWC recapture 32 Project cash flows $14,000.00 NPV Project acceptance? Yr. 2 Yr. 3 39 Yr. O #N/A #N/A #N/A $57,000.00 Formulas 38 Base price 40 Modification costs 41 NOWC 42 43 Before-tax labor cost savings 44 Depreciation 45 Operating income 46 Taxes 47 After-tax operating income 48 Add back depreciation 49 Operating cash flows 50 51 Termination cash flows 52 Before-tax salvage proceeds 53 Tax on salvage value 54 NOWC recapture 55 Project cash flows $57,000.00 #N/A #N/A #N/A #N/A #N/A $57,000.00 #N/A #N/A #N/A #N/A #N/A #N/A #N/A #N/A #N/A #N/A #N/A #N/A =B1 $77,000.00 #N/A $14,000.00 #N/A #N/A #N/A 56 57 NPV 58 Project acceptance? #N/A #N/A Sheet1 6