| Websters has sales of $649,000 and a profit margin of 7.2 percent. The annual depreciation expense is $102,600. What is the amount of the operating cash flow if the company has no long-term debt? | $104,760 | A project has projected sales of $26,000, cash expenses of $18,500, depreciation of $1,730, taxes of $1,400, and an initial cash requirement of $2,200 for working capital. What is the amount of the operating cash flow using the top-down approach? | | $8,900 | Russells is considering purchasing $388,000 of equipment for a four-year project. The equipment falls in the five-year MACRS class with annual percentages of .2, .32, .192, .1152, .1152, and .0576 for years 1 to 6, respectively. At the end of the project the equipment can be sold for an estimated $174,000. The required return is 14.6 percent and the tax rate is 34 percent. What is the amount of the aftertax salvage value of the equipment? | | $143,001.29 | PGH, Inc. is considering a new six-year expansion project that requires an initial fixed asset investment of $3.102 million. The fixed asset will be depreciated straight-line to zero over its six-year tax life, after which time it will be worthless. The project is estimated to generate $1,987,000 in annual sales, with costs of $1,102,200. The tax rate is 35 percent and the required return on the project is 16 percent. What is the net present value for this project? | | $435,008.04 | Chapman Machine Shop is considering a four-year project to improve its production efficiency. Buying a new machine press for $620,000 is estimated to result in $211,000 in annual pretax cost savings. The press falls in the MACRS 5-year class, and it will have a salvage value at the end of the project of $98,000. The MACRS rates are .2, .32, .192, .1152, .1152, and .0576 for Years 1 to 6, respectively. The press also requires an initial investment in spare parts inventory of $24,000, along with an additional $3,600 in inventory for each succeeding year of the project. The inventory will return to its original level when the project ends. The shop's tax rate is 35 percent and its discount rate is 11 percent. Should the firm buy and install the machine press? Why or why not? | | Yes; The net present value is $4,679 | | No; The net present value is -$6,329. | | No; The net present value is $211. | | Yes; The net present value is $4,319. | | Yes; The net present value is $38,364. | Eads Industrial Systems Company (EISC) is trying to decide between two different conveyor belt systems. System A costs $538,000, has a 4-year life, and requires $133,000 in pretax annual operating costs. System B costs $630,000, has a five-year life, and requires $102,000 in pretax annual operating costs. Both systems are to be depreciated straight-line to zero over their lives and will have a zero salvage value. Whichever system is chosen, it will not be replaced when it wears out. The tax rate is 34 percent and the discount rate is 16 percent. Which system should the firm choose and why? | | A; The net present value is -$898,516. | | A; The net present value is -$655,664. | | A; The net present value is -$314,216. | | B; The net present value is $308,222. | | B: The net present value is -$990,696. | | | | | | |
