Green Vegan Inc. is evaluating a proposed project that requires an initial outlay of $$1,034,000.$ It is estimated that the after$-$tax cash inflows from the project will be $$363,000$ in perpetuity. The company is financed $53\%$ with debt and the remainder is in equity. The firm's cost of equity is $15\mathrm{.}80\%,$ its pre$-$tax cost of debt is $5\mathrm{.}20\%$ and its tax rate is $35\%.$ What is the NPV of the project if it is of similar risk as the firm's existing operations?

a$.$$$3,485,045$

b$.$$$2,531,115$

c$\mathrm{.}2,904,204$

d$.$$$578,810$

e$.$$$694,571$