Question:Cost-Cutting Proposals
Geary Machine Shop is considering a four-yearproject to
improve its production efficiency. Buying a...
Question
Cost-Cutting Proposals
Geary Machine Shop is considering a four-yearproject to
improve its production efficiency. Buying a...
Cost-Cutting Proposals
Geary Machine Shop is considering a four-yearproject to
improve its production efficiency. Buying a new machine press
for$480,000 is estimated to result in $180,000 in annual pretax
cost savings. The pressfalls in the MACRS five-year class, and it
will have a salvage value at the end of theproject of $70,000. The
press also requires an initial investment in spare partsinventory
of $20,000. along with an additional $3,000 in inventory for
eachsucceeding year of the project. If the shop’s tax rate is 35
percent and its discountrate is 15 percent, should the company buy
and install the machine press?