Exam 14: Capital Budgeting Decisions

Lambert Manufacturing has $120,000 to invest in either Project A or Project B. The following data are available on these projects (Ignore income taxes.): Click here to view Exhibit 14B-1 and Exhibit 14B-2, to determine the appropriate discount factor(s) using the tables provided.Both projects have a useful life of 6 years. At the end of 6 years, the working capital investment will be released for use elsewhere. Lambert's discount rate is 14%.The net present value of Project B is closest to:

The simple rate of return focuses on cash flows rather than on accounting net operating income.

Trovato Corporation is considering a project that would require an investment of $48,000. No other cash outflows would be involved. The present value of the cash inflows would be $51,840. The profitability index of the project is closest to (Ignore income taxes.):

Correll Corporation is considering a capital budgeting project that would require investing $240,000 in equipment with an expected life of 4 years and zero salvage value. Annual incremental sales would be $570,000 and annual incremental cash operating expenses would be $420,000. The project would also require a one-time renovation cost of $40,000 in year 3. The company's income tax rate is 30% and its after-tax discount rate is 15%. The company uses straight-line depreciation. Assume cash flows occur at the end of the year except for the initial investments. The company takes income taxes into account in its capital budgeting.The income tax expense in year 2 is:

Houze Corporation has provided the following information concerning a capital budgeting project: The working capital would be required immediately and would be released for use elsewhere at the end of the project. The company uses straight-line depreciation on all equipment. Assume cash flows occur at the end of the year except for the initial investments. The company takes income taxes into account in its capital budgeting.The total cash flow net of income taxes in year 3 is:

Highpoint, Incorporated, is considering investing in automated equipment with a ten-year useful life. Managers at Highpoint have estimated the cash flows associated with the tangible costs and benefits of automation, but have been unable to estimate the cash flows associated with the intangible benefits. Using the company's 12% required rate of return, the net present value of the cash flows associated with just the tangible costs and benefits is a negative $282,500. How large would the annual net cash inflows from the intangible benefits have to be to make this a financially acceptable investment? (Ignore income taxes.)Click here to view Exhibit 14B-1 and Exhibit 14B-2, to determine the appropriate discount factor(s) using the tables provided.

Correll Corporation is considering a capital budgeting project that would require investing $240,000 in equipment with an expected life of 4 years and zero salvage value. Annual incremental sales would be $570,000 and annual incremental cash operating expenses would be $420,000. The project would also require a one-time renovation cost of $40,000 in year 3. The company's income tax rate is 30% and its after-tax discount rate is 15%. The company uses straight-line depreciation. Assume cash flows occur at the end of the year except for the initial investments. The company takes income taxes into account in its capital budgeting.The total cash flow net of income taxes in year 2 is:

Hawthorn Corporation has provided the following information concerning a capital budgeting project: The expected life of the project and the equipment is 3 years and the equipment has zero salvage value. The company uses straight-line depreciation on all equipment and the depreciation expense on the equipment would be $170,000 per year. Assume cash flows occur at the end of the year except for the initial investments. The company takes income taxes into account in its capital budgeting. The net annual operating cash inflow is the difference between the incremental sales revenue and incremental cash operating expenses.Click here to view Exhibit 14B-1, to determine the appropriate discount factor(s) using the table provided.Required:Determine the net present value of the project. Show your work!

Ursus, Incorporated, is considering a project that would have a ten-year life and would require a $1,000,000 investment in equipment. At the end of ten years, the project would terminate and the equipment would have no salvage value. The project would provide net operating income each year as follows (Ignore income taxes.): All of the above items, except for depreciation, represent cash flows. The company's required rate of return is 12%.Click here to view Exhibit 14B-1 and Exhibit 14B-2, to determine the appropriate discount factor(s) using the tables provided.Required:a. Compute the project's net present value.b. Compute the project's internal rate of return to the nearest whole percent.c. Compute the project's payback period.d. Compute the project's simple rate of return.

Slomkowski Corporation is contemplating purchasing equipment that would increase sales revenues by $298,000 per year and cash operating expenses by $143,000 per year. The equipment would cost $712,000 and have an 8 year life with no salvage value. The annual depreciation would be $89,000. The simple rate of return on the investment is closest to (Ignore income taxes.):

Layer Corporation has provided the following information concerning a capital budgeting project: The company's income tax rate is 30% and its after-tax discount rate is 8%. The working capital would be required immediately and would be released for use elsewhere at the end of the project. The company uses straight-line depreciation on all equipment. Assume cash flows occur at the end of the year except for the initial investments. The company takes income taxes into account in its capital budgeting.The income tax expense in year 3 is:

Rollans Corporation has provided the following information concerning a capital budgeting project: The company uses straight-line depreciation on all equipment. Assume cash flows occur at the end of the year except for the initial investments. The company takes income taxes into account in its capital budgeting.The total cash flow net of income taxes in year 2 is:

Petro Corporation has provided the following information concerning a capital budgeting project: The working capital would be required immediately and would be released for use elsewhere at the end of the project. The company uses straight-line depreciation on all equipment. Assume cash flows occur at the end of the year except for the initial investments. The company takes income taxes into account in its capital budgeting.Click here to view Exhibit 14B-1, to determine the appropriate discount factor(s) using the table provided.Required:Determine the net present value of the project. Show your work!

In calculating the payback period where new equipment is replacing old equipment, any salvage value to be received on disposal of the old equipment should be deducted from the cost of the new equipment.

Reye Corporation has provided the following information concerning a capital budgeting project: The company's income tax rate is 30% and its after-tax discount rate is 9%. The working capital would be required immediately and would be released for use elsewhere at the end of the project. The company uses straight-line depreciation on all equipment. Assume cash flows occur at the end of the year except for the initial investments. The company takes income taxes into account in its capital budgeting.The total cash flow net of income taxes in year 2 is:

Welch Corporation is planning an investment with the following characteristics (Ignore income taxes.): Click here to view Exhibit 14B-1 and Exhibit 14B-2, to determine the appropriate discount factor(s) using the tables provided.The initial cost of the equipment is closest to:

Layer Corporation has provided the following information concerning a capital budgeting project: The company's income tax rate is 30% and its after-tax discount rate is 8%. The working capital would be required immediately and would be released for use elsewhere at the end of the project. The company uses straight-line depreciation on all equipment. Assume cash flows occur at the end of the year except for the initial investments. The company takes income taxes into account in its capital budgeting.The total cash flow net of income taxes in year 3 is:

Eddie Corporation is considering the following three investment projects (Ignore income taxes.): Rank the projects according to the profitability index, from most profitable to least profitable.

Marbry Corporation has provided the following information concerning a capital budgeting project: The company uses straight-line depreciation on all equipment. Assume cash flows occur at the end of the year except for the initial investments. The company takes income taxes into account in its capital budgeting.The income tax expense in year 2 is:

Discounted cash flow techniques automatically take into account recovery of the initial investment.