Your Company is considering a new project that will require $530,000 of new equipment at the start of the project. The equipment will have a depreciable life of 7 years and will be depreciated to a book value of $229,000 using straight-line depreciation. The cost of capital is 12%, and the firm's tax rate is 21%. Estimate the present value of the tax benefits from depreciation.

Gluon Incorporated is considering the purchase of a new high pressure glueball. It can purchase the glueball for $150,000 and sell its old low-pressure glueball, which is fully depreciated, for $26,000 The new equipment has a 10-year useful life and will save $34,000 a year in expenses before tax. The opportunity cost of capital is 11%, and the firm's tax rate is 21%. What is the equivalent annual saving from the purchase if Gluon can depreciate 100% of the investment immediately. Note: Do not round intermediate calculations. Round your answer to 2 decimal places. Answer is complete but not entirely correct. Equivalent annual savings $ 16,934.51

Karsted Air Services is now in the final year of a project. The equipment originally cost $23 million, of which 100% has been depreciated. Karsted can sell the used equipment today for $6 million, and its tax rate is 20%. What is the equipment's after-tax salvage value? Write out your answer completely. For example, 13 million should be entered as 13,000,000. Round your answer to the nearest dollar. $

Laurel’s Lawn Care Limited has a new mower line that can generate revenues of $132,000 per year. Direct production costs are $44,000, and the fixed costs of maintaining the lawn mower factory are $17,000 a year. The factory originally cost $1.10 million and is being depreciated for tax purposes over 25 years using straight-line depreciation. Calculate the operating cash flows of the project if the firm’s tax bracket is 25%.   Operating Cash Flow =  _________

Acefacto Inc., has asked for you to calculate the after-tax salvage value of an asset it plans on using in a construction project. The project will be depreciated straight line to a value of$670,000at the end of the project's and assets ten year life. Ace's marginal tax rate is32%. The firm will have to pay$8,047,675to buy the asset. You have estimated that they could sell the asset for$787,309to a Brazilian firm at the end of the project. Answer in dollars and cents.

Your Company is considering a new project that will require $2,000,000 of new equipment at the start of the project. The equipment will have a depreciable life of 10 years and will be depreciated to a book value of $250,000 using straight-line depreciation. The cost of capital is 12%, and the firm's tax rate is 21%. Estimate the present value of the tax benefits from depreciation.   Multiple Choice A. $68,250 B. $207,646 C. $175,000 D. $988,789

You are evaluating a new project that costs $15 million over its 5-year life. Depreciation is straight-line to zero over the life of the project and the salvage value is zero. The project is expected to have the following base case estimates: Unit sales/year: 250,000; Price/unit: $40; VC/unit: $15; FC/year: $900,000. The required return is 14 % and the corporate tax rate is 30%. The firm has no debt. The base case NPV is $946,661.1003. Calculate the sensitivity of the NPV to changes to changes in variable costs/unit

What is the NPV assuming a 12% rate of return. (ignore Tax) Bramble Inc. is considering modernizing its production facility by investing in new equipment and selling the old equipment. The following information has been collected on this investment: Depreciation is $10, 230 per year for the old equipment. The straight-line depreciation method would be used for the new equipment over an eight-year period with salvage value of $4,600. Calculate NPV assuming a 12% rate of return Bramble Inc. is considering modernizing its production facility by investing in new equipment and selling the old equipment. The following information has been collected on this investment: Cost Old Equipment Accumulated depreciation Remaining life Current salvage value Salvage value in 8 years Annual cash operating costs $81,840 Cost $41,000 8 years $11,200 $0 $35,700 New Equipment Estimated useful life Salvage value in 8 years Annual cash operating costs $38,000 8 years $4,600 $30,700 Depreciation is $10,230 per…

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?

Laurel’s Lawn Care Limited has a new mower line that can generate revenues of $120,000 per year. Direct production costs are $40,000, and the fixed costs of maintaining the lawn mower factory are $15,000 a year. The factory originally cost $1 million and is being depreciated for tax purposes over 25 years using straight-line depreciation. Calculate the operating cash flows of the project if the firm’s tax bracket is 25%.