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Northeast Hospital is analyzing a potential projectfor a new outpatient center
Please use the following facts to create a 5-yearprojection of cash flow for the proposed center. Please create yourfull income statement first to include all cash and non-cashexpenses
Calculate the projects NPV, IRR, MIRR, PaybackPeriod (not discounted). Using these calculations, do you recommendthat they should proceed with this project? Explain youranswer
Year 1Year 2Year 3Year 4Year 5
Total projected Visits52500
Average Revenue per visit$                       75.00
Average Variable Cost per Visit$                       50.00
Total Fixed Costs$         500,000.00
Purchase Price for Equipment$     4,500,000.00
Monthly Rental Cost to Occupy the New Site$               5,000.00
Salvage Values of the Equipment (end of Year5)$         750,000.00
Corporate Tax Rate40%
Cost of Capital8%
Other Assumptions
1) Projected Visits are Expected to increase by 10%in Year 2, 5% in Year 3 and 3% each Year thereafter
2)  Negotiation with payers indicate thatrevenue rate (ie payment per visits) will increase by 2% each yearand 5% in year 5
3)  Variable Costs are expected to riseat a rate of 2% per year
4) Fixed Costs are expected to rise at a rate of 1%per year
6) Rent rates will be increased by 2.5% at the endof each year
6) The equipment will depreciate based on thestraight-line method of depreciation, a 5-year estimated life andthe equipment will be sold at salvage value at the end of year5
7)  Tax rate will remain constant for theentire 5-year Period and do not assume any tax losscarryforward

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No they should not proceed with project as the project is not even able to earn cost of capital over the period.

Year 1 Year 2 Year 3 Year 4 Year 5
Project visits            52,500.00          57,750.00          60,637.50          62,456.63          64,330.32
Revenue Rate p.v.                     75.00                  76.50                  78.03                  79.59                  83.57
Variable cost p.v.                     50.00                  51.00                  52.02                  53.06                  54.12
Contribution p.v.                     25.00                  25.50                  26.01                  26.53                  29.45
Total Contribution      1,312,500.00    1,472,625.00    1,577,181.38    1,656,986.75    1,894,432.95
Fixed Cost          500,000.00        505,000.00        510,050.00        515,150.50        520,302.01
Rent            60,000.00          61,500.00          63,037.50          64,613.44          66,228.77
Depreciation          750,000.00        750,000.00        750,000.00        750,000.00        750,000.00
EBT               2,500.00        156,125.00        254,093.88        327,222.82        557,902.18
Tax               1,000.00          62,450.00        101,637.55        130,889.13        223,160.87
EAT               1,500.00          93,675.00        152,456.33        196,333.69        334,741.31
Depreciation          750,000.00        750,000.00        750,000.00        750,000.00        750,000.00
Total earning for fund provider          751,500.00        843,675.00        902,456.33        946,333.69    1,084,741.31
Asset Residual value        750,000.00
Cash Flow          751,500.00        843,675.00        902,456.33        946,333.69    1,834,741.31
Cash outflow at 0 period -4,500,000
Cost of Capital 8%
Cash Flow Present Value Discount @5%
-4,500,000 -4,500,000 -4,500,000
                                           751,500.00              695,833 751500/(1.08)               715,714
                                           843,675.00              723,315 843675/(1.08)^2               765,238
                                           902,456.33              716,399 902456/(1.08)^3               779,576
                                           946,333.69              695,584 946333/(1.08)^4               778,551
                                       1,834,741.31           1,248,694 1084741/(1.08)^5           1,437,568
NPV -420,175 -23,353
IRR                 0.0482 5%-3%/(420175-23353)*23353
4.82%
Payback period= 4.576 4+ 1/1834741*1056035

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