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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

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 4: How much is the NPV?

  1. 12,560,575
  2. 13,679,778
  3. 12,151,558
  4. 12,455,156
  5. 13,134,365

(can't tell where I did something wrong, but my answers are not matching any of the options)

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