XYZ ltd has identified 2 projects for investment, A and B. Both projects would last for 2 years. The company pays a corporate tax rate of 35% on its cash flow. It can have a 100% first year capital allowance on all forms of capital spending, and is allowed to carry forward but not backward. XYZ ltd has a fixed income of £50,000 every year. The prevailing annual discount rate is 10%.

Project A requires an initial investment of £150,000 and will generate £200,000 and £250,000 respectively at the end of each year. Project B requires an initial investment of £300,000 and will generate £500,000 at the end of the project.

(a) Which project(s) the company should invest? Explain your reasoning and show all the necessary calculations.

(b) Do you agree with the following statement? Briefly discuss your reasoning.
“The Net Present Value method generally is the best method to evaluate investment projects and to help firms with capital budget decision. It tells how much added value a firm may have by carrying out the project. The decision rule is simply. Firms should accept a project with a positive NPV and reject one with a negative NPV.”

Please could you lay it out in this format

 

tax & allowance tax rate capital allowance time period fixed cash flow project A project B taxable cash flow firm project A project B total investment firm project A project B total capital allowance firm project A project B total Taxable Cash Flow Unused Allowance Tax Cash Flow After Tax PV 0.5 discount 100% total NPV 1 1 1 0 20 -100 -140 20 0 0 20 0 -100 -140 -240 0 -100 -140 -240 0 -220 0 -220 -220 0.1 112.23 1 20 200 0 20 200 0 220 0 0 0 0 0 220 200 2 20 110 190 20 110 190 320 O O O O 0 0 0 0 0 O O O O 0 0 0 320 0 -160 160 132.23