Liam Scanzillo, a manager of the Plate Division for the Formica Farm Manufacturing company, has the...

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Liam Scanzillo, a manager of the Plate Division for the Formica Farm Manufacturing company, has the opportunity to expand the division by investing in additional machinery costing $390,000. He would depreciate the equipment using the straight-line method and expects it to have no residual value. It has a useful life of six years. The firm mandates a required rate of return of 16% on investments. Liam estimates annual net cash inflows for this investment of $126,000 before taxes and an investment in working capital of $10,000 that will be returned at the project's end. (Click the icon to view the future value of $1 factors.) (Click the icon to view the present value of $1 factors.) Required (Click the icon to view the future value of annuity of $1 factors.) (Click the icon to view the present value of annuity of $1 factors.) Requirement 1. Calculate the net present value of this investment. (Use factors to three decimal places, X.XXX, and round all currency calculations to the nearest whole dollar. Use a minus sign or parentheses for a negative net present value.) The net present value of this investment is: Requirement 2. Calculate the accrual accounting rate of return (AARR) based on net initial investment. (Round interim calculations to the nearest whole dollar. Round the rate to two decimal places, X.XX%.) The AARR is %. Requirement 3. Should Liam accept the project? Will Liam accept the project if his bonus depends on achieving an accrual accounting rate of return of 16%? How can this conflict be resolved? Liam accept the project if he is being evaluated based on the accounting rate of return because the project the cash flows generated, the project the firm's required 16% rate of return. Liam will an long-run project to avoid a poor evaluation based on the measure used to evaluate his performance, which impacts his bonus. To resolve this conflict, the firm should the 16% threshold above which Liam earns a bonus. Liam accept the project if he wants to act in the firm's best interest because the NPV is implying that, based on by Liam Scanzillo, a manager of the Plate Division for the Formica Farm Manufacturing company, has the opportunity to expand the division by investing in additional machinery costing $390,000. He would depreciate the equipment using the straight-line method and expects it to have no residual value. It has a useful life of six years. The firm mandates a required rate of return of 16% on investments. Liam estimates annual net cash inflows for this investment of $126,000 before taxes and an investment in working capital of $10,000 that will be returned at the project's end. (Click the icon to view the future value of $1 factors.) (Click the icon to view the present value of $1 factors.) Required (Click the icon to view the future value of annuity of $1 factors.) (Click the icon to view the present value of annuity of $1 factors.) Requirement 1. Calculate the net present value of this investment. (Use factors to three decimal places, X.XXX, and round all currency calculations to the nearest whole dollar. Use a minus sign or parentheses for a negative net present value.) The net present value of this investment is: Requirement 2. Calculate the accrual accounting rate of return (AARR) based on net initial investment. (Round interim calculations to the nearest whole dollar. Round the rate to two decimal places, X.XX%.) The AARR is %. Requirement 3. Should Liam accept the project? Will Liam accept the project if his bonus depends on achieving an accrual accounting rate of return of 16%? How can this conflict be resolved? Liam accept the project if he is being evaluated based on the accounting rate of return because the project the cash flows generated, the project the firm's required 16% rate of return. Liam will an long-run project to avoid a poor evaluation based on the measure used to evaluate his performance, which impacts his bonus. To resolve this conflict, the firm should the 16% threshold above which Liam earns a bonus. Liam accept the project if he wants to act in the firm's best interest because the NPV is implying that, based on by