You purchased a small company for $50,000 (in year zero). Unfortunately, things did not go well and your company lost $2,500 each year for the first three years. To alleviate the situation, during the third year, you decided to invest an additional $12,000 in the company. This smart decision resulted in a profit of $11,000 each year from the  fourth year through the 16th year. At the end of 16 years the company can be sold for $40,000. Calculate the internal rate of return (IRR) as well as the NPV if MARR = 12%. Neglect depreciation or taxes in this problem

AZ Products is looking into buying a computer for $218,000, it will be depreciated straight-line to zero over 5 years. It will be worth $20,000 at the end of 5 years. The company will save $73,500 before tax per year in order processing cost and will reduce inventory by $18,600 on day 1. AZ Products has 140,000 shares of common stock outstanding at a market price of $27 a share. Next year's annual dividend is expected to be $1.43 a share and the dividend growth rate is 2 percent. The company also has 2,500 bonds outstanding with a face value of $1,000 per bond. The bonds have a pretax yield of 7.35 percent and sell at 98.2 percent of face value. The company's tax rate is 21 percent. should the company buy the computer?

Vijay

Santana Rey is considering the purchase of equipment for Business Solutions that would allow the company to add a new product to its computer furniture line. The equipment is expected to cost $280,000 and to have a five-year life and no salvage value. It will be depreciated on a straight-line basis. Business Solutions expects to sell 100 units of the equipment’s product each year. The expected annual income related to this equipment follows. Sales $ 385,000 Costs Materials, labor, and overhead (except depreciation) 193,000 Depreciation on new equipment 56,000 Selling and administrative expenses 32,000 Total costs and expenses 281,000 Pretax income 104,000 Income taxes (30%) 31,200 Net income $ 72,800 Required: (1) Compute the payback period. (2) Compute the accounting rate of return for this equipment.