Your company has come up with a new product with a 3-year life (pretend youre...

90.2K

Verified Solution

Question

Finance

Your company has come up with a new product with a 3-year life

(pretend youre introducing a trendy product, which will not survive long in the marketplace).

Your firm paid $80,000 for a Tulane intern to perform a financial analysis last month to determine the potential demand for the product.

It is believed that the new product will generate sales of $500,000 per year.

The fixed costs associated with this will be $90,000 per year, and variable costs will amount to 20 percent of sales.

The initial investment in equipment necessary for production of the product will cost $300,000 and will be depreciated in a straight-line manner for the three (3) years of the products life to a salvage value of 0.

There is no salvage value. To help entire buyers, you've offered generous credit terms so you have receivables.

Your recievables are as follows $10,000 for Year 1; $15,000 for Year 2; $0 for Year 3. Your firm has a tax rate of 21%.

Your firms required rate of return on projects with the same risk as this product is 10%.

Calculate the NPV of this project. Should you accept or reject it?

NOW WHAT IF TAX RATES GO TO 28%? WHAT IS THE NEW NPV?

Answer & Explanation Solved by verified expert
Get Answers to Unlimited Questions

Join us to gain access to millions of questions and expert answers. Enjoy exclusive benefits tailored just for you!

Membership Benefits:
  • Unlimited Question Access with detailed Answers
  • Zin AI - 3 Million Words
  • 10 Dall-E 3 Images
  • 20 Plot Generations
  • Conversation with Dialogue Memory
  • No Ads, Ever!
  • Access to Our Best AI Platform: Flex AI - Your personal assistant for all your inquiries!
Become a Member

Other questions asked by students