You must evaluate a proposal to buy a new milling machine with purchase price of $150,000.The machine will be depreciated to zero value over the 4 years using prime cost (straight line) method.The machine would be sold after 4 years for $70,000.

Inventory will increase by $17,000 and account payables will rise by $7,500.All other working capital components will stay the same, so the change in net working capital is $9,500.The managers expect to fully recover the working capital of $9,500 at the end of the project (year 4).

The pretax labor costs would decline by $50,000 per year.

Below shows the forecasted sales revenues, variable cost and fixed cost.

Year 1

Year 2

Year 3

Year 4

Sales quantity (units)

2,500

3,000

3,500

4,000

Selling price per unit

$3

$3.1

$3.2

$3.3

Fixed cost of production (per year)

$2,000

$2,100

$2,200

$2,300

Variable cost of production (per unit)

$1.1

$1.2

$1.25

$1.35

The marginal tax rate is 35% and the discount rate is 10.5%.

i.What is the net present value (NPV) of the proposal?(18 marks)

ii.Advise should the project be accepted based on your answer in part (i)?(2 marks)

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