Jenny Hewes, a newly appointed assistant to the financial manager of the Smart Devises division of Freedom Communication, was asked to prepare capital budgeting report to introduce a new line of smartphones with flexible screens. The new plants and equipment constructed today is $30 million and has a five years life. The company used straight-line depreciation and the market value of the plant and equipment are estimated to be $15 million. The division planned to sell the plants and equipment when the project is ended. According to the previous projects, the company's working capital is usually 20% of its sales and could be fully recovered. There is another old production line which annual sales is 40 million. Freedom Communication is not the only innovator among smart phone manufacturer. The market has more new entrants and Freedom must adjust its strategy to survive in the competitive environment.

From Jenny's report, the new line costs $46 million and promises a 37% internal rate of return. She has recommended to accept the project.

Jenny was confident with the reportbut when she presented to the manager, it was attacked from all sides. Jenny was surprised and she needed to revise the report in one day.Can you help Jenny to correct her work and give her some advices on how to improve a capital budgeting report? (Note the question is an open ending question, you may not have specific data in some analytical parts, give comments and examples)

Below is Jenny's capital budgeting report:

Years

0 1 2 3 4 5

Plant and equipment $(30) $15

Increased working capital (14)

Preliminary engineering (2)

Excess capacity 0

Total investment $(46)

Total salvage value $15

Sales 60 82 140 157 120

Cost of sales 26 35 60 68 52

Gross profit 34 47 80 89 68

Interest expense 5 4 4 3 3

Allocated expenses 0 0 0 0 0

Selling and administrative expenses 10 13 22 25 19

Total operating expenses 14 17 26 28 22

Operating income 20 29 54 61 46

Depreciation 3 3 3 3 3

Income before tax 17 26 51 58 43

Tax at 40% 7 11 20 23 17

Income after Tax $10 $16 $30 $35 $26

Operating Cash Flows $(46) $10 $16 $30 $35 $26

Net Present Value @15% $35

Profit Index 1.76

Internal Rate of Return 37%