Q 9

Madetaylor Inc. manufactures financial calculators. The company is deciding whether to introduce a new calculator. This calculator will sell for $100. The company feels that sales will be 16,000, 18,000, 20,000, 22,000, 24,000 and 22,000 units per year for the next 6 years. Variable costs will be 20% of sales, and fixed costs are $500,000 annually. The firm hired a marketing team to analyze the product's viability, and the marketing analysis cost $750,000. The company plans to use a vacant warehouse to manufacture and store the calculators. Based on a recent appraisal, the warehouse and the property is worth $4 million on an after-tax basis. If the company does not sell the property today, it will sell it six years from today at the currently appraised value. This project will require an injection of net working capital at the onset of the project for $500,000. The firm recovers the net working capital at the end of the project. The firm will need to purchase some equipment for $3,000,000 to produce the new calculators. The equipment has a 7-year life and depreciated using the straight-line method. At the end of the project, the anticipated salvage value is 0. Surprisingly the firm can sell the machine at the end of the project for $1,000,000. The firm requires a 7% return on its investment and has a tax rate of 21%.

Calculate the net working capital injection at the beginning of the project. (Enter a positive value and round to the nearest dollar)