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Quad Enterprises isconsidering a new three-year expansion project that requires aninitial fixed asset investment of $2.3 million. The fixed assetqualifies for 100 percent bonus depreciation in the first year. Theproject is estimated to generate $1,720,000 in annual sales, withcosts of $628,000. The project requires an initial investment innet working capital of $270,000, and the fixed asset will have amarket value of $210,000 at the end of the project.

  

a.Ifthe tax rate is 22 percent, what is the project’s Year 0 net cashflow? Year 1? Year 2? Year 3? (A negativeanswer should be indicated by a minus sign. Do notround intermediate calculations and enter your answers in dollars,not millions of dollars, e.g., 1,234,567.)
b.Ifthe required return is 10 percent, what is the project's NPV?(Do not round intermediate calculations and enter youranswers in dollars, not millions of dollars, rounded to two decimalplaces, e.g., 1,234,567.89.)

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Year 0 investment= Initial Investment+working capital investment=2300000+270000=$2570000

First Year Depreciation expense=$2.3mn

Year Revenue Cost Salvage Value Depreciation expense Profit after Depreciation(Revenue-Cost+salavage value-Depreciation) Tax (Profit after Depreciation*22%) Cash Flow(Profit after depreciation-tax+depreciation) Present Value of cash flow (Cash Flow/(1+required rate)^year)
              -               (2,570,000)                        -                          -                                       -                                  (2,570,000)                                    -                                          (2,570,000)                                         (2,570,000)
               1              1,720,000             628,000                        -                         2,300,000                                (1,208,000)                                    -                                            1,092,000                                               992,727
               2              1,720,000             628,000                        -                                       -                                   1,092,000                         240,240                                             851,760                                               703,934
               3              1,720,000             628,000             210,000                                     -                                   1,302,000                         286,440                                          1,015,560                                               763,005
NPV(Total present value)                                             (110,334)

a) Cash flow for year 0,1,2& 3 are $-2570000,$1092000,$851760,$1015560 respectively and NPV is $-110334.58


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Quad Enterprises isconsidering a new three-year expansion project that requires aninitial fixed asset investment of $2.3 million. The fixed assetqualifies for 100 percent bonus depreciation in the first year. Theproject is estimated to generate $1,720,000 in annual sales, withcosts of $628,000. The project requires an initial investment innet working capital of $270,000, and the fixed asset will have amarket value of $210,000 at the end of the project.  a.Ifthe tax rate is 22 percent, what is the project’s Year 0 net cashflow? Year 1? Year 2? Year 3? (A negativeanswer should be indicated by a minus sign. Do notround intermediate calculations and enter your answers in dollars,not millions of dollars, e.g., 1,234,567.)b.Ifthe required return is 10 percent, what is the project's NPV?(Do not round intermediate calculations and enter youranswers in dollars, not millions of dollars, rounded to two decimalplaces, e.g., 1,234,567.89.)

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