Exam 12: Estimating Cash Flows on Capital Budgeting Projects

A decrease in net working capital (NWC) is treated as a:

You are evaluating a project for The Ultimate recreational tennis racket, guaranteed to correct that wimpy backhand. You estimate the sales price of The Ultimate to be $300 per unit and sales volume to be 1,000 units in year 1; 1,250 units in year 2; and 1,325 units in year 3. The project has a three-year life. Variable costs amount to $200 per unit and fixed costs are $50,000 per year. The project requires an initial investment of $150,000 in assets that will be depreciated straight-line to zero over the three-year project life. The actual market value of these assets at the end of year 3 is expected to be $25,000. NWC requirements at the beginning of each year will be approximately 10 percent of the projected sales during the coming year. The tax rate is 30 percent and the required return on the project is 10 percent. What will the free cash flow for this project be in year 2?

You are evaluating a project for The Tiff-any golf club, guaranteed to correct that nasty slice. You estimate the sales price of The Tiff-any to be $375 per unit and sales volume to be 1,000 units in year 1; 1,400 units in year 2; and 1,325 units in year 3. The project has a three-year life. Variable costs amount to $225 per unit and fixed costs are $100,000 per year. The project requires an initial investment of $165,000 in assets that will be depreciated straight-line to zero over the three-year project life. The actual market value of these assets at the end of year 3 is expected to be $35,000. NWC requirements at the beginning of each year will be approximately 10 percent of the projected sales during the coming year. The tax rate is 34 percent and the required return on the project is 10 percent. What change in NWC occurs at the end of year 1?

The best approach to convert an infinite series of asset purchases into a perpetuity is known as the:

To correctly project cash flows, we need to consider all of the factors EXCEPT:

Your company is considering the purchase of a new machine. The original cost of the old machine was $75,000; it is now five years old, and it has a current market value of $35,000. The old machine is being depreciated over a 10-year life toward a zero estimated salvage value on a straight-line basis, resulting in a current book value of $37,500 and an annual depreciation expense of $7,500. The old machine can be used for six more years but has no market value after its depreciable life is over. Management is contemplating the purchase of a new machine whose cost is $80,000 and whose estimated salvage value is zero. Expected before-tax cash savings from the new machine are $15,000 a year over its full MACRS depreciable life. Depreciation is computed using MACRS over a five-year life, and the cost of capital is 15 percent. Assume a 40 percent tax rate. What will the year 1 operating cash flow for this project be?

Your company is considering a new project that will require $100,000 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 $25,000 using straight-line depreciation. The cost of capital is 11 percent, and the firm's tax rate is 34 percent. Estimate the present value of the tax benefits from depreciation.

Which of the following is NOT included when calculating the depreciable basis for real property?

You are trying to pick the least-expensive machine for your company. You have two choices: machine A, which will cost $50,000 to purchase and which will have OCF of -$3,500 annually throughout the machine's expected life of three years; and machine B, which will cost $75,000 to purchase and which will have OCF of -$4,900 annually throughout that machine's four-year life. Both machines will be worthless at the end of their life. If you intend to replace whichever type of machine you choose with the same thing when its life runs out, again and again out into the foreseeable future, and if your business has a cost of capital of 14 percent, which one should you choose?

Suppose you sell a fixed asset for $99,000 when its book value is $75,000. If your company's marginal tax rate is 39 percent, what is the gain or loss on the sale of the asset?