Exam 11: Capital Budgeting Cash Flows

In computing after-tax operating cash flows, both operating costs and financing costs must be deducted from any cash inflows received.

Table 11.4 Degnan Dance Company, Inc., a manufacturer of dance and exercise apparel, is considering replacing an existing piece of equipment with a more sophisticated machine. The following information is given. The firm pays 40 percent taxes on ordinary income and capital gains. -Given the information in Table 11.4 and 15 percent cost of capital, (a) Compute the net present value. (b) Should the project be accepted?

If an investment in a new asset results in a change in current assets that exceeds the change in current liabilities, this change in net working capital represents an initial cash outflow.

-A corporation is evaluating the relevant cash flows for a capital budgeting decision and must estimate the terminal cash flow. The proposed machine will be disposed of at the end of its usable life of five years at an estimated sale price of $2,000. The machine has an original purchase price of $80,000, installation cost of $20,000, and will be depreciated under the five-year MACRS. Net working capital is expected to decline by $5,000. The firm has a 40 percent tax rate on ordinary income and long-term capital gain. The terminal cash flow is ________.

A corporation has decided to replace an existing asset with a newer model. Two years ago, the existing asset originally cost $70,000 and was being depreciated under MACRS using a five-year recovery period. The existing asset can be sold for $30,000. The new asset will cost $80,000 and will also be depreciated under MACRS using a five-year recovery period. If the assumed tax rate is 40 percent on ordinary income and capital gains, the initial investment is ________.

In evaluating a proposed project, incremental operating cash inflows are relevant cash flows.

Cash flows that could be realized from the best alternative use of an owned asset are called ________.

Capital gain is the portion of the sale price that is in excess of the initial purchase price.

Table 11.2 Computer Disk Duplicators, Inc. has been considering several capital investment proposals for the year beginning in 2014. For each investment proposal, the relevant cash flows and other relevant financial data are summarized in the table below. In the case of a replacement decision, the total installed cost of the equipment will be partially offset by the sale of existing equipment. The firm is subject to a 40 percent tax rate on ordinary income and on long-term capital gains. The firm's cost of capital is 15 percent. ________________________________________________________ *Not applicable -For Proposal 1, the annual incremental after-tax cash flow from operations for year 1 is ________. (See Table 11.2)

In evaluating the initial investment for a capital budgeting project, ________.

All benefits expected from a proposed project must be measured on a cash flow basis which may be found by adding any non-cash charges deducted as an expense on a firm's income statement back to net profits after taxes.

Compute the depreciation values for an asset which costs $55,000 and requires $5,000 in installation costs using MACRS 5-year recovery period.

Table 11.2 Computer Disk Duplicators, Inc. has been considering several capital investment proposals for the year beginning in 2014. For each investment proposal, the relevant cash flows and other relevant financial data are summarized in the table below. In the case of a replacement decision, the total installed cost of the equipment will be partially offset by the sale of existing equipment. The firm is subject to a 40 percent tax rate on ordinary income and on long-term capital gains. The firm's cost of capital is 15 percent. ________________________________________________________ *Not applicable -For Proposal 3, the cash flow pattern for the replacement project is ________. (See Table 11.2)

One basic technique used to evaluate after-tax operating cash flows is to ________.

Table 11.2 Computer Disk Duplicators, Inc. has been considering several capital investment proposals for the year beginning in 2014. For each investment proposal, the relevant cash flows and other relevant financial data are summarized in the table below. In the case of a replacement decision, the total installed cost of the equipment will be partially offset by the sale of existing equipment. The firm is subject to a 40 percent tax rate on ordinary income and on long-term capital gains. The firm's cost of capital is 15 percent. ________________________________________________________ *Not applicable -For Proposal 3, the annual incremental after-tax cash flow from operations for year 3 is ________. (See Table 11.2)

The three major cash flow components include the initial investment, nonoperating cash flows, and terminal cash flow.

The portion of an asset's sale price that is below its book value and below its initial purchase price is called ________.

Table 11.2 Computer Disk Duplicators, Inc. has been considering several capital investment proposals for the year beginning in 2014. For each investment proposal, the relevant cash flows and other relevant financial data are summarized in the table below. In the case of a replacement decision, the total installed cost of the equipment will be partially offset by the sale of existing equipment. The firm is subject to a 40 percent tax rate on ordinary income and on long-term capital gains. The firm's cost of capital is 15 percent. ________________________________________________________ *Not applicable -For Proposal 2, the annual incremental after-tax cash flow from operations for year 2 is ________. (See Table 11.2)

Table 11.5 Nuff Folding Box Company, Inc. is considering purchasing a new gluing machine. The gluing machine costs $50,000 and requires installation costs of $2,500. This outlay would be partially offset by the sale of an existing gluer. The existing gluer originally cost $10,000 and is four years old. It is being depreciated under MACRS using a five-year recovery schedule and can currently be sold for $15,000. The existing gluer has a remaining useful life of five years. If held until year 5, the existing machine's market value would be zero. Over its five-year life, the new machine should reduce operating costs (excluding depreciation) by $17,000 per year. Training costs of employees who will operate the new machine will be a one-time cost of $5,000 which should be included in the initial outlay. The new machine will be depreciated under MACRS using a five-year recovery period. The firm has a 12 percent cost of capital and a 40 percent tax on ordinary income and capital gains. -The initial outlay for this project is ________. (See Table 11.5)

A corporation is selling an existing asset for $21,000. The asset, when purchased, cost $10,000, was being depreciated under MACRS using a five-year recovery period, and has been depreciated for four full years. If the assumed tax rate is 40 percent on ordinary income and capital gains, the tax effect of this transaction is ________.