ou are evaluating the purchase of equipment for a house painting business. The total cost of the equipment is $27,000. You paid a consultant $1,000 to estimate the revenues expected from the equipment. The firm selling the equipment charges $600 for shipping.
The project's incremental operating cash flows before taxes will be $12,000 per year for four years. At the end of four years the equipment will have no value and will be scraped. The equipment has a three-year useful life and will be depreciated using the three-year MACRS depreciation schedule (assume these depreciation percentages: Yr 1: 33.3%, Yr 2: 44.5%, Yr 3: 14.8%, and Yr 4: 7.4%). The tax rate is 34% and the firm's required rate of return is 17%.
Calculate the cash flows from Years 0 through 4.
Should you purchase the equipment?
0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | |
Incremental operating cash flows before tax | 12000 | 12000 | 12000 | 12000 | |
Depreciation-3 Year MACRS | 9191 | 12282 | 4085 | 2042 | |
Incremental NOI | 2809 | -282 | 7915 | 9958 | |
Tax at 34% | 955 | -96 | 2691 | 3386 | |
NOPAT | 1854 | -186 | 5224 | 6572 | |
Add: Depreciation | 9191 | 12282 | 4085 | 2042 | |
OCF | 11045 | 12096 | 9309 | 8614 | |
Capital investment | 27600 | ||||
FCF | -27600 | 11045 | 12096 | 9309 | 8614 |
PVIF at 17% | 1 | 0.85470 | 0.73051 | 0.62437 | 0.53365 |
PV at 17% | -27600 | 9440 | 8836 | 5812 | 4597 |
NPV | 1086 | ||||
YES, THE EQUIPMENT CAN BE PURCHASED AS THE NPV IS POSITIVE. |
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