Question 07: Virat Kohli Welders is planning to replace an old machine with a new one to improve efficiency in its production process. The machine will increase the efficiency as it is more modern and will result in an incremental savings of $80,000 per year. The old machine was bought 3 years ago at a cost of $270,000. The new machine will cost $420,000. Both machines have useful lives of 6 years. The machines are depreciated to zero for tax purpose over the six-year life using a straight-line depreciation method. The tax rate is 34% and the required rate of return is 11%. The old machine has no salvage value at the end of its life but can be sold now at a cost of $100,000. The new machine will have a salvage value of $80,000 at the end of its life. Should the new machine be purchased?

QUESTION 3 You are considering starting a new factory producing small electric heaters. Each unit will sell at a price of $55. The production cost of each heater is $35. You are expecting to sell 9000 units per year. This project has an economic life of 6 years. The project requires an investment of $700000 in plants and equipment. This equipment will be depreciated to zero salvage value based on 5-year MACRS schedule. The depreciation rates from year 1 to 6 are 20 % ,32 %, 19.2 %, 11.52 %, 11.52 %, and 5.76 percent, respectively. The company will sell its old equipment for $100,000. The old machine is fully depreciated. The required rate of return for the project is 12 percent, the working capital requirement is 10 percent of the next year's sales revenue. The marginal corporate tax rate is 20 percent. At the termination of the project, the plant and equipment will be sold for an estimated value of $50000. Based on these assumptions, estimate the cash flow for capital expenditures.…

A cookie factory needs a new cookie machine. They have narrowed their choices to the following machines: a Cost $18000 25000 15000 Annual net savings 1055 2125 1020 IRR 7% 9% 8% Each machine has a 25-year useful life with no salvage value. If the MARR for this factory is 10%, which alternative should be chosen? (Incremental IRR analysis method is required)

Lowell Inc. is thinking about replacing an old computer with a new one. The new one will cost $1,000,000 and will have a life of FOUR years. The new computer qualifies as 5-year MACRS property. Years 1 2 3 4 Depreciation rate 20% 32% 19% 12% It will probably be worth about $330,000 after FOUR years. The old computer is being depreciated at a rate of $100,000 per year. It will be completely written off in FOUR years, at that time it will have zero resale value. We can sell it now for $410,000 after taxes. The new machine will save us $200,000 per year in operating costs. The tax rate (federal plus state) is 25 percent and WACC is 8 percent. What is the TOTAL FREE CASH FLOW FOR YEAR 4? Free cash flow = Total Initial Investment + Total annual project CF + Total Salvage Value 480,000 467,500 445,000 422,500

* 00 The management of Ballard MicroBrew is considering the purchase of an automated bottling machine for $67000. The machine would replace an old piece of equipment that costs $18,000 per year to operate. The new machine would cost $8.000 per year to operate. The old machine currently in use could be sold now for a salvage value of $29,000. The new machine would have a useful life of 10 years with no salvage value. 1 What is the annual depreciation expense associated with the new bottling machine? 2 What is the annual incremental net operating income provided by the new bottling machine? 3. What is the amount of the initial investment associated with this project that should be used for calculating the simple rate of return? 4. What is the simple rate of return on the new bottling machine? (Round your enswer to 1 declmal place L.e. 0.123 should be considered as 12.3%.) Depreciation expense 2. Incremental net operating income Initial investment, 4. Simple rate of return < Prev 2 of 2…