The owner of Atlantic City Confectionary is considering the purchase of a new semiautomatic candy machine. The machine will cost $25,000 and last 10 years. The machine is expected to have no salvage value at the end of its useful life. The owner projects that the new candy machine will generate $4,000 in after-tax savings each year during its life (including the depreciation tax shield).   Use Appendix A for your reference. (Use appropriate factor(s) from the tables provided.)    Required: Compute the profitability index on the proposed candy machine, assuming an after-tax hurdle rate of: (a) 8 percent, (b) 10 percent, and (c) 12 percent. (Round your final answers to 2 decimal places.)

City Hospital, a nonprofit organization, estimatesthat it can save $28,000 a year in cash operating costs for the next 10 years if it buys a special-purpose eyetestingmachine at a cost of $110,000. No terminal disposal value is expected. City Hospital’s required rate ofreturn is 14%. Assume all cash flows occur at year-end except for initial investment amounts. City Hospitaluses straight-line depreciation. Q.What other factors should City Hospital consider in deciding whether to purchase the special-purposeeye-testing machine?

(4). Gifted Heart Construction Company obtained a loan from Bay Area Bank at an interest rate of 10% to purchase an excavator for $550,000. The tires will be replaced at a cost of $80,000 and the engine would be refurbished at a cost of $50,000 in year 5. The salvage value of the excavator after 10 years of use in construction projects would be $75,000. (a). What is the annual cost of owning the excavator? (b). What is the future cost 6 years from now? IF

Tower City aims to construct a new bypass between two main routes that will reduce commuter travel time. The route will cost $15 million and will save 17,500 people $100 per year in petrol costs. The path will be paved. Every year, at a cost of $7,500, the surface must be refinished. The road will be in use for the next 20 years. Determine if Tower City should construct the road. Money has an interest rate of 15%(ɛ = interest rate) . a. The Net Present Worth of this project = $ Blank 1 b. The IRR of this project = Blank 2% c. The ERR of this project = Blank 3% d. Should the city build the bypass road? (type only Yes or No) = Blank 4 e. The simple payback period is on Year Blank 5 f. The discounted payback period is on Year Blank 6

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A highway bridge is being considered for replacement. The new bridge would cost $X and would last for 20 years. Annual maintenance costs for the new bridge are estimated to be $24,000. People will be charged a toll of $0.25 per car to use the new bridge. Annual car traffic is estimated at 400,000 cars. The cost of collecting the toll consists of annual salaries for five collectors at $10,000 per collector. The existing bridge can be refurbished for $1,600,000 and would need to be replaced in 20 years. There would be additional refurbishing costs of $70,000 every five years and regular annual maintenance costs of $20,000 for the existing bridge. There would be no toll to use the refurbished bridge. If MARR is 12% per year, what is the maximum acceptable cost (X) of the new bridge? (11.2)(a) $1,943,594 (b) $2,018,641 (c) $1,652,425 (d) $1,570,122 (e) $2,156,209

Follow the format shown in Exhibit 12B.1 and Exhibit 12B.2 as you complete the requirement below. Woodard Company wants to buy a numerically controlled (NC) machine to be used in producing specially machined parts for manufacturers of trenching machines. The outlay required is $700,000. The NC equipment will last five years with no expected salvage value. The expected after-tax cash flows associated with the project follow: Year Cash Revenues Cash Expenses 1 2 3 4 5 $1,400,000 1,400,000 1,400,000 1,400,000 1,400,000 $1,200,000 1,200,000 1,200,000 1,200,000 1,200,000 Required: Compute the investment's Net Present Value, assuming a required rate of return of 8 percent. Round present value calculations and your final answer to the nearest dollar. NPV = $ X

Kendra's Bakery plans to purchase a new oven for its store. The oven has an estimated useful life of 4 years. The estimated pretax cash flows for the oven are as shown in the table that follows, with no anticipated change in working capital. Kendra's Bakery has a 10% after-tax required rate of return and a 30% income tax rate. Assume depreciation is calculated on a straight-line basis for tax purposes using the initial investment in the oven and its estimated terminal disposal value. Assume all cash flows occur at year-end except for initial investment amounts. E (Click the icon to view the estimated cash flows for the oven.) Present Value of $1 table Present Value of Annuity of $1 table Future Value of $1 table Future Value of Annuity of $1 table Read the reguirements. Requirement 1. Calculate (a) net present value, (b) payback period, and (c) internal rate of return. a. Net present value. (Use factors to three decimal places, X.XXX. Round intermediary calculations and your final…

Your company is about to undertake a major investment project. The project will require an initial investment of $200 million in a machine plus another $35 million for working capital. Tax authorities will allow you to depreciate the machine on a straight-line basis over four years to a salvage value of zero. In fact, however, you expect that you can sell the machine for $30 million at the end of Year 4. You will need to have a working capital balance on hand at the end of each year equal to 30% of that year’s sales. The working capital can be fully recovered at the end of the project’s life. You expect that the project will generate $100 million in sales and $40 million in cash operating expenses (excluding depreciation) during each of the next four years. The corporate tax rate is 40%.  The discount rate is 7.25%.    What is NPV of this project?

A road construction company is considering the purchase of a gravel hauler as it prepares for a new season of rural road construction. The hauler will cost $110,000, last six years with a salvage value of $20,000, and reduce annual maintenance, insurance, and labour costs by $30,000 per year. The after-tax MARR is 9% and the corporate tax rate is 55%. a. What is the exact after-tax IRR for this purchase? b. What is the approximate after-tax IRR for this purchase? c. Should the company buy the gravel hauler? Why or why not?