A corporation considering the purchase of a new vehicle for 350,000. The firm's old vehicle has a book value of 85,000, but can only be sold for 60,000. The new vehicle will be depreciated using a 5-year useful life and the straight-line method. It is expected to save 62,000 after taxes from the reduced fuel and maintenance expenses. Tabletop Ranch is in the 34% tax bracket and has a 12% cost of capital. Compute for the accounting rate of return on initial investment

A corporation considering the purchase of a new vehicle for 350,000. The firm's old vehicle has a book value of 85,000, but can only be sold for 60,000. The new vehicle will be depreciated using a 5-year useful life and the straight-line method. It is expected to save 62,000 after taxes from the reduced fuel and maintenance expenses. Tabletop Ranch is in the 34% tax bracket and has a 12% cost of capital. Compute for the accounting rate of return on initial investment

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Hancheta Inc. is considering the purcase of a new vehicle for P350,000. The firm's old vehicle has a book value of P85,000, but can only be sold for P60,000. The new vehicle will be depreciated using a 5 year useful life and the straight line method. It is expected to save P62,000 after taxes from the reduced fuel and maintenance expenses. Tabletop Raul is in the tax bracket and has a 12% cost of capital. Compute for the accounting rate of return on initial investment.
The Seaboard Sail school is considering the purchase of new boats for $260,000. The firm's old sailboats have a sell value of $54,000. The boats are subject to a 15% CCA. This investment will generate additional Cash flows revenue $45,000 for 8 years after taxes through reduced fuel and maintenance expenses. Seaboard is in the 30% tax bracket and has a 9% cost of capital. Calculate the net present value of Seaboard's purchase and state whether or not the firm should buy the boats. 1. What is the net amount of the replacement 2. Calculate Present Value of After-tax Savings for the 8 years (Hint: you can calcuate the PV for all years all at once using PMT) 3. Calculate PV of Tax Shield (CCA) 4. Calculate the NPV by using amounts from above and in question details and indicate if they should buy the machine.
Johnny's Lunches is considering purchasing a new, energy-efficient grill. The grill will cost $32,000 and will be depreciated straight- line over 3 years. It will be sold for scrap metal after 5 years for $8,000. The grill will have no effect on revenues but will save Johnny's $16,000 in energy expenses. The tax rate is 30%. Required: a. What are the operating cash flows in each year? b. What are the total cash flows in each year? c. Assuming the discount rate is 12%, calculate the net present value (NPV) of the cash flow stream. Should the grill be purchased? Complete this question by entering your answers in the tabs below. Required A Required B Required C What are the operating cash flows in each year? (Do not round intermediate calculations. Round your answers to 2 decimal places.) Year 1 2 3 Operating Cash Flows
You need to solve this exercise using Excel functions. (Please show work on excel) ABC Inc. plans to invest in new equipment. It will purchase the new equipment for $130,000 and sell its old version, which is fully depreciated, for $25,000. The new equipment has a 10-year useful life and will save $45,000 a year in expenses before tax. The opportunity cost of capital is 11%, and the firm’s tax rate is 21%. What is the NPV of this investment if ABC can benefit from bonus depreciation?
Bottoms Up Diaper Service is considering the purchase of a new industrial washer. It can purchase the washer for $7,200 and sell its old washer for $2,500. The new washer will last for 6 years and save $1,700 a year in expenses. The opportunity cost of capital is 15%, and the firm’s tax rate is 21%. a. If the firm uses straight-line depreciation over a 6-year life, what are the cash flows of the project in years 0 to 6? The new washer will have zero salvage value after 6 years, and the old washer is fully depreciated. (Negative amounts should be indicated by a minus sign.) b. What is project NPV? (Do not round intermediate calculations. Round your answer to 2 decimal places.) c. What is NPV if the firm investment is entitled to immediate 100% bonus depreciation? (Do not round intermediate calculations. Round your answer to 2 decimal places.)
A company is planning to buy a new truck that will cost P700,000 and will be depreciated on a straight-line basis over 5-year period. The new truck will replace another that has a book value of P450,000 and five years useful life remaining. The old truck can be sold for P400,000. The current tax rate is 35%. How much is the net initial investment for the new truck?
Wonderful Company thinks it may need a new color printing press. The press will cost $500,000 but will substantially reduce operating costs by $250,000 per year, before tax. The press has 30% CCA rate and will remain in its asset pool. The first CCA deduction is made in year 0. The press will operate for 4 years and then be worthless. The cost of equity Is 12%, the pre-tax cost of debt is 8%, and the company’s target debt-equity ratio is .5. The company’s tax rate is 30%. a. What is the NPV of buying the press? b. The equipment manufacturer if offering to lease the press for 4 years for $112,000 a year, payable in advance i.e. at the beginning of the year. Should Wonderful Company accept the offer? Give reasons in support of your conclusion. Show all of your working using a financial calculator.
The Lumber Yard is considering adding a new product line that is expected to increase annual sales by $277,000 and expenses by $184,000. The project will require $93,000 in fixed assets that will be depreciated using the straight-line method to a zero book value over the 6-year life of the project. The company has a marginal tax rate of 21 percent. What is the depreciation tax shield? Multiple Choice $19,530 $9,695 $12,245 $6,440 $3,255
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Daily Enterprises is purchasing a $10.3 million machine. It will cost $54,000 to transport and install the machine. The machine has a depreciable life of five years using straight-line depreciation and will have no salvage value. The machine will generate incremental revenues of $4.3 million per year along with incremental costs of $1.3 million per year. Daily's marginal tax rate is 21%. You are forecastin incremental free cash flows for Daily Enterprises. What are the incremental free cash flows associated with the new machine? The free cash flow for year 0 will be $ (Round to the nearest dollar.)

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