Koral Corporation can invest in a project that costs $400,000. The project is expected to have an after-tax return of $250,000 in each of years 1 and 2. Koral normally uses a 10 percent discount rate to evaluate projects but feels it should use 12 percent to compensate for inflation. How much difference does the rate make in the after-tax net present value of the project?
a. $50,000 b. $22,500 c. $20,000 d. $11,250
Ans. | Calculation of Net present value of the project: | |||||
Year | Cash Flow | PV factor at 10% | PV factor at 12% | PV of CI at 10% | PV of CI at 12% | |
0 | $ (400,000) | 1 | 1 | $ (400,000) | $ (400,000) | |
1 | 250,000 | 0.90909 | 0.89286 | $ 227,272.73 | $ 223,214.29 | |
2 | 250,000 | 0.82645 | 0.79719 | $ 206,611.57 | $ 199,298.47 | |
NPV | $ 33,884.30 | $ 22,512.76 | ||||
Diiiference in Present value of the project after tax is $ 11,372 |
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