You are financial managers of a company that produces printers. Currently, you are using NPV method to evaluate a 10-year project that will produce a new model. The WACC is 10% and corporate tax rate is 21%.

The project needs a set of machines that are worth $5 million. The company uses a 10-year straight-line depreciation method so that 100% of fixed assets will be depreciated by year 10. The fixed asset can be sold for $0.5 million at the end of year 10.

In the past two years, the company spent $800,000 in R&D to develop the new model. The project will be partially financed with debt, and the interest to be paid every year would be $100,000.

If the new project is taken, it is expected that the current inventory level will increase by $1,500,000, account receivable will increase by $1 million, account payable increases by $800,000, and the minimum cash balance will increase by $0.5 million.

The net sales from this project will be $8 million per year, of which 20 percent will be from the lost sales of existing products. The variable costs of the production will be 30% of the net sales.

The project will require hiring a new manager, who will cost $100,000 per year. In addition, the firm needs to rent a new office for $50,000 a year.

Currently, the overhead of the firm is $500,000. And the accounting department will allocate 20% of this amount to the new project.

Question 2: How much is the operating cash flow for the first year?

1. 3,265,000
2. 3,225,500
3. 2,765,000
4. 2,646,500
5. 3,146,500