Your firm is contemplating the purchase of a new $500,000 computer-based order entry system. The system will be depreciated straight-line to zero over its five-year life. It will be worth $44,000 at the end of that time. You will be able to reduce working capital by $69,000 (this is a one-time reduction). The tax rate is 23 percent and the required return on the project is 11 percent.

If the pretax cost savings are $150,000 per year, what is the NPV of this project?(Do not round intermediate calculations and round youranswer to 2 decimal places, e.g., 32.16.)

• Will you accept or reject the project?Accept
• Reject

If the pretax cost savings are $115,000 per year, what is the NPV of this project?(A negative answershould be indicated by a minus sign. Do not round intermediate calculations and round youranswer to 2 decimal places, e.g., 32.16.)

• Will you accept or reject the project?Reject
• Accept

At what level of pretax cost savings would you be indifferent between accepting the project and not accepting it?(Do not round intermediate calculations and round youranswer to 2 decimal places, e.g., 32.16.)

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