You must evaluate the purchase of a spectrometer for the R&D department. The base price is $140,000, and it would cost another $30,000 to modify the equipment for special use by the firm. The equipment falls into the MACRS 3-year class and would be sold after 3 years for $60,000. The applicable depreciation rates are 33%, 45%, 15%, and 7% as discussed in Appendix 12A. The equipment would require an $8,000 increase in net operating working working capital (spare parts inventory). The project would have no effect on revenues, but it should save the firm $50,000 per year in before-tax labor costs. The firm's marginal federal-plus-state tax rate is 40%.

A) What is the initial investment outlay for the project? That is, what is the Year 0 project cash flow?

B) What is the projects incremental depreciation (depreciation expense) for year 1?

C) What is the projects annual cash flow for year 1?

D) What is the projects annual cash flow for year 2?

E) What is the projects incemental depreciation (depreciation expense) for year 3?

F) What is the projects cash flow for year 3? (Do not include the terminal cash flows.)

G) Sale of Equipment: What is the projects cash flow from the sale of equipment in year 3?

H) Liquidation of Net Operating Working Capital: What is the projects cash flow from the liquidation of net operating working capital (spare parts inventory) in year 3?

I) What is the projects terminal cash flow for year 3? (Not the operating cash flow)

J) What is the project's Net Present Value (NPV)?

K) What is the projects Internal Rate of Return (IRR)?

L) What is the projects Modified Internal Rate of Return (MIRR)?