Robinson Co. is interested in purchasing a new delivery vehicle so it can become a subcontractor with Amazon Logistics. The vehicle costs $75,000 and will generate delivery revenue of $30,000 in year 1; they anticipate this revenue will increase by 5% in each of the following five years (years 2-6) due to inflation. If Robinson Co. purchases the vehicle, it will take a loan for $60,000 that charges 4% annual interest and repay the loan in 6 equal end of year payments. At the end of the 6 years, the vehicle will be sold for $10,000 (in then-current dollars). The tax rate is 25%. Assuming that the vehicle is depreciated using MACRS (5-year property class) and that Robinson Co. uses an after-tax MARR of 10%, compute the PW and determine whether Robinson Co. should purchase the new business vehicle. Click here to access the TVM Factor Table calculator. Click here to access the MACRS-GDS Property Classes. Click here to access the MACRS-GDS percentages page. Click here to access the MACRS-GDS percentages for 27.5-year residential rental property.

The nominal interest rate is 14% compounded semiannually. What amount will need to be deposited every six months to be able to have enough money to pay three annuity payments of $20,000 for three years beginning at the end of year seven? The deposits begin now and continue every six months until six deposits have been made. The amount to be deposited every six months is $ (Round to the nearest dollar.)

Before last year, Ellie (Luke's wife) taught music and earned $30,400. She also earned $9,600 by renting out their basement as a studio apartment. Ellie saves every month. At the end of a typical year she would have saved a total of 10% from her wages and the income earned from the basement for the entire year, and earned a total of 0.5% in interest (for the entire year). At the beginning of last year, Ellie stopped teaching music. She also stopped renting out their basement, and began to use it as the office for her new web design business. The balance on her savings account was $150,000, and she took $5,000 from this account to buy a new laptop computer and a new printer (which also functions as a scanner and a facsimile). She also borrowed $12,000 from the local bank to purchase additional machinery and equipment (a graphics tablet, desktop computer, studio camera and an external hard drive). Her loan payment is $250 per month. During last year, she paid $3,000 for the lease of a…

4) (28 points) An employee has decided to make annual contributions over a 15-year period into a retirement fund. She wants to make her first contribution of $5,000 one year from now (t=1). She then plans to increase her annual contribution by $500 each year for the remaining years. The fund is expected to earn 15% per year compounded annually. She decides to retire in 15 years (from now). a) (20 points) Assuming that the fund will be depleted when the last withdrawal is made, what equal amount can she withdraw annually for a period of 10 years starting one year after retirement? b) (8 points) If she wants the fund to have a balance at the time of the 10th withdrawal exactly equal to the balance it had when she retired, what equal amount can she withdraw annually for a period of 10 years starting one year after retirement?

You open a credit card account that charges 1.25% interest each month on the unpaid balance. the effective annual interest rate is: