Your firm is considering the purchase of a new $720,000 million computer-based order entry system. The present value of the CCA tax shield is $260,000, and the machine will be worth $280,000 at the end of the five-year life of the system. You will save $350,000 before taxes per year in order processing costs and you will be able to reduce working capital by $110,000 (this is a one-time reduction). If the tax rate is 35 percent, what is the IRR for this project?
Solution :-
After tax Salvage Value = $280,000 * ( 1 - 0.35 ) = $182,000
Now Cash Flow in Year 1 = - Initial Investment + PV of CCA tax Shield + Working Capital Recovery
= - $720,000 + $260,000 + $110,000
= -$350,000
Cash flow in Year 1 to 4 = After tax Income = $350,000 * ( 1 - 0.35 ) = $227,500
Now Cash Flow in Year 5 = After tax Income - Working Capital +After tax Salvage Value
= $227,500 - $110,000 + $182,000
= $299,500
Therefore IRR of Project = 59.97%
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