Barron Chemical used a thermoplastic polymer to enhance the appearance of certain RV panels. The initial cost of one process was $130,000 with annualcosts of $49,000. Revenues were $78,000 in year 1, increasing by $1000 per year. A salvage value of $23,000 was realized when the process was discontinued after 8 years. What rate of return did the company make on the process?

Lukow Products is investigating the purchase of a piece of automated equipment that will save $150,000 each year in direct labor and inventory carrying costs. This equipment costs $800,000 and is expected to have a 5-year useful life with no salvage value. The company’s required rate of return is 12% on all equipment purchases. Management anticipates that this equipment will provide intangible benefits such as greater flexibility and higher-quality output that will result in additional future cash inflows. Click here to view Exhibit 14B-1 and Exhibit 14B-2, to determine the appropriate discount factor(s) using table. Required: 1. What is the net present value of the piece of equipment before considering its intangible benefits? (Enter negative amount with a minus sign. Round your final answer to the nearest whole dollar amount.) 2. What minimum dollar value per year must be provided by the equipment’s intangible benefits to justify the $800,000 investment? (Do not round intermediate…

Mitsui Electronics, Limited, is considering buying a labor-saving pierce of equipment and provided the following data: Purchase cost of the equipment $ 484,500   Annual cost savings that will be provided by the equipment $ 85,000   Life of the equipment 12 years Compute the simple rate of return on the equipment. Use straight-line depreciation based on the equipment’s useful life.

Blossom Company has a factory machine with a book value of $85,000 and a remaining useful life of 5 years. It can be sold for $25,000. A new machine is available at a cost of $345,000. This machine will have a 5-year useful life with no salvage value. The new machine will lower annual variable manufacturing costs from $550,000 to $450,000. Prepare an analysis showing whether the old machine should be retained or replaced. (In the first two columns, enter costs and expenses as positive amounts, and any amounts received as negative amounts. In the third column, enter net income increases as positive amounts and decreases as negative amounts. Enter negative amounts using either a negative sign preceding the number e.g. -45 or parentheses e.g. (45).) Retain Equipment Variable manufacturing costs $ Replace Equipment $ Net Income Increase (Decrease) New machine cost Sell old machine Total $ The old factory machine should be tA $ $

Your Corporation bought a stamping machine to make the cans. The cost of the machine was $60,000. The machine has a useful life of 5 years and a salvage value of zero at the end of those five years. The variable manufacturing cost of producing the cans is $0.05 per can. The only fixed manufacturing cost is the annual depreciation of $12,000 on the stamping machine. Your Corporation needs 200,000 cans annually. Another Company recently offered to supply all of the can needs for the next four years at $0.07 per can. If Your Company buys the cans, it can sell the stamping machine right now for $35,000. If Your Company buys the cans, what will be the total dollar increase or decrease in income for the total four years?  Enter an incrase as a positve number.  Enter a decrease with a minus sign in front.

Pique Corporation plans to purchase a new machine for $300,000. Management estimates that with the machine cash flows from sales will increase by $160,000 each year for the next 5 years. Expenses to generate the additional sales include direct materials, direct labor, and factory overhead (excluding depreciation) totaling $70,000 per year. The firm uses straight-line depreciation with no terminal disposal value for all depreciable assets. The new machine has an expected salvage value of zero at the end of the project. Pique's combined income tax rate is 20%. Management requires a minimum after-tax rate of return of 8% on all investments.a. Calculate the Net Present Value (NPV) for this project.

A company that manufactures brushless blowers invested $650,000 in an automated quality control system for blower housings. The resultant savingswas $160,000 per year for 5 years. If the equipment had a salvage value of $50,000, what rate of return per year did the company make?

Your Company has a machine that it uses to make 200,000 units of a component used in its final product. The cost of the machine was $60,000. The machine has a useful life of 5 years and a salvage value of zero at the end of those five years. Annual depreciation on the machine is $12,000. One year of depreciation has been recorded. The per unit variable manufacturing cost of producing the component is $0.05. The only fixed manufacturing cost is the annual depreciation of $12,000 on the stamping machine. Another Company recently offer to supply all of this component for the next four years at $0.07 per unit. If Your Company accepts the offer, the machine would not be needed and could be sold for $35,000. If the order is accepted, what is the total increase or decrease in income over the next four years?

Lukow Products is investigating the purchase of a piece of automated equipment that will save $130,000 each year in direct labor and inventory carrying costs. This equipment costs $780,000 and is expected to have a 6-year useful life with no salvage value. The company's required rate of return is 10% on all equipment purchases. Management anticipates that this equipment will provide intangible benefits such as greater flexibility and higher-quality output that will result in additional future cash inflows. Click here to view Exhibit 7B-1 and Exhibit 7B-2, to determine the appropriate discount factor(s) using table. Required: 1. What is the net present value of the piece of equipment before considering its intangible benefits? Note: Enter negative amount with a minus sign. Round your final answer to the nearest whole dollar amount. 2. What minimum dollar value per year must be provided by the equipment's intangible benefits to justify the $780,000 investment? Note: Do not round…

Need-Based Accounting Corp. has just purchased 10 photocopiers for a total cost of $500,000. The CCA rate for these photocopiers is 20%. The company plans to use these photocopiers for 10 years. By the end of the 10th year, the company expects to move into new imaging system that will no longer require the photocopiers, and the asset pool will then be closed. If the company can sell the photocopiers for $50,000 in 10 years’ time, what amount of terminal loss/CCA recapture can be claimed after the photocopiers have been sold? Assume that half-year rule applies.   Please show all calculation steps: