The pink tax refers to the phenomenon where government taxes feminine products such as tampons and pads as luxury items rather than essential items. A tampon tax is one type of pink tax. Campaigners argue that the tax posed an unfair burden on women, worsening gender inequalities in terms of economic, health, and educational outcomes. The tampon tax of 10% GST (goods and services tax) was scrapped in Australia in 2019. Use the theories of market failure and government intervention to analyze the motives of the government removing the tampon tax, and their intended effects on the tampon market. Critics of excluding tampons from the GST have said that this policy will not have a real impact on improving the financial situation of women. Describe two other policies that could be implemented to improve gender equality more effectively.

U3 Company is considering three long-term capital investment proposals. Each investment has a useful life of 5 years. Relevant data on each project are as follows. Project Clayton Project Edge $180,250 $208,000 Capital investment Annual net income: Year 1 2 3 4 5 Total Project Bono Project Edge Depreciation is computed by the straight-line method with no salvage value. The company's cost of capital is 15%. (Assume that cash flows occur evenly throughout the year.) Click here to view PV table. Project Clayton Project Bono $164,800 Your answer is incorrect. Try again. Compute the cash payback period for each project. (Round answers to 2 decimal places, e.g. 10.50.) x 14,420 14,420 14,420 14,420 14,420 $72,100 x years. 18,540 17,510 16,480 12,360 9,270 $74,160 years. 27,810 23,690 21,630 13,390 12,360 $98,880 years Compute the net present value for each project. (Round answers to 0 decimal places, e.g. 125. If the net present value is negative, use either a negative sign preceding the number eg -45 or parentheses eg (45). For calculation purposes, use 5 decimal places as displayed in the factor table provided.) Project Bono Project Edge Project Clayton 5975 Net present value LINK TO TEXT LINK TO TEXT LINK TO TEXT Annual rate of return. LINK TO TEXT LINK TO TEXT x Your answer is Incorrect. Try again. Compute the annual rate of return for each project. (Hint: Use average annual net income in your computation.) (Round answers to 2 decimal places, e.g. 10.50.) Project Edge Project Clayton Project Bono Bono Edge Clayton Your answer is partially correct. Try again. Rank the projects on each of the foregoing bases. Which project do you recommend? Net Project Cash Payback Present Value 11 1 Y 14 The best project is LINK TO TEXT Clayton -7531 Annual Present Value Rate of Return 1. 17 1 2887 1 1 J% VIDEO: APPLIED SKILLS VIDEO: SIMILAR PROBLEM VIDEO: APPLIED SKILLS VIDEO: SIMILAR PROBLEM Compute the net present value for each project. (Round answers to 0 decimal places, e.g. 125. If the net present value is negative, use either a negative sign preceding the number eg -45 or parentheses eg (45). For calculation purposes, use 5 decimal places as displayed in the factor table provided.) Project Bono Project Edge Project Clayton 5975 Net present value LINK TO TEXT LINK TO TEXT LINK TO TEXT Annual rate of return. LINK TO TEXT LINK TO TEXT x Your answer is Incorrect. Try again. Compute the annual rate of return for each project. (Hint: Use average annual net income in your computation.) (Round answers to 2 decimal places, e.g. 10.50.) Project Edge Project Clayton Project Bono Bono Edge Clayton Your answer is partially correct. Try again. Rank the projects on each of the foregoing bases. Which project do you recommend? Net Project Cash Payback Present Value 11 1 Y 14 The best project is LINK TO TEXT Clayton -7531 Annual Present Value Rate of Return 1. 17 1 2887 1 1 J% VIDEO: APPLIED SKILLS VIDEO: SIMILAR PROBLEM VIDEO: APPLIED SKILLS VIDEO: SIMILAR PROBLEM Compute the net present value for each project. (Round answers to 0 decimal places, e.g. 125. If the net present value is negative, use either a negative sign preceding the number eg -45 or parentheses eg (45). For calculation purposes, use 5 decimal places as displayed in the factor table provided.) Project Bono Project Edge Project Clayton 5975 Net present value LINK TO TEXT LINK TO TEXT LINK TO TEXT Annual rate of return. LINK TO TEXT LINK TO TEXT x Your answer is Incorrect. Try again. Compute the annual rate of return for each project. (Hint: Use average annual net income in your computation.) (Round answers to 2 decimal places, e.g. 10.50.) Project Edge Project Clayton Project Bono Bono Edge Clayton Your answer is partially correct. Try again. Rank the projects on each of the foregoing bases. Which project do you recommend? Net Project Cash Payback Present Value 11 1 Y 14 The best project is LINK TO TEXT Clayton -7531 Annual Present Value Rate of Return 1. 17 1 2887 1 1 J% VIDEO: APPLIED SKILLS VIDEO: SIMILAR PROBLEM VIDEO: APPLIED SKILLS VIDEO: SIMILAR PROBLEM