Your firm is contemplating the purchase of a new $1,424,500 computer-based order entry system. The system will be depreciated straight-line to zero over its 5-year life. It will be worth $138,600 at the end of that time. You will be able to reduce working capital by $192,500 (this is a one-time reduction). The tax rate is 23 percent and your required return on the project is 20 percent and your pretax cost savings are $418,400 per year.

a. What is the NPV of this project?

b. What is the NPV if the pretax cost savings are $581,100 per year?

c. At what level of pretax cost savings would you be indifferent between accepting the project and not accepting it?