New West and Van Corporation is considering to launch an innovative product and estimates sales of 1,980,000 and total costs of $1,300,000 annually. This project requires an investment in equipment of $1,500,000 which expects to last for five years with a salvage value equal to $320,000; the CCA asset class for the equipment will continue to remain after the selling of the equipment. During this time the company will use a 30% CCA rate. At the beginning of the project, it is required to invest $250,000 in working capital which is going to be totally recovered by the end of the project. Assume a tax rate of 35%. If the company's required rate of return is 16%:

a) determine the NPV of the project. Based on NPV, would you accept the project? Why?

b) determine the total cash flows for year 0, 1 and the last year of the project.

c) calculate the IRR for the project. Based on IRR, would you accept the project? Why?