International Soup Company is considering replacing a canning machine. The old machine is being depreciated by the straight-line method over a 10-year recovery period from a depreciable cost basis of $120,000. The old machine has 5 years of remaining usable life, at which time its salvage value is expected to be zero, and it can be sold now for $40,000. This machine has a current book value of $60,000.   The purchase price of the new machine is $250,000. Employees were sent to a training course last year on how to use the new machine; this training cost $5,000. The new machine has a 5-year life and an expected salvage value of $25,000. Annual savings of electricity, labor, and materials from use of the new machine are estimated at $40,000. The company is in a 40 percent tax bracket and its cost of capital is 16 percent. The MACRS depreciation method will be used and the recovery percentages for assets with a 5-year class life are given below What is the initial cash outlay for the new machine?  Determine cash flows in years 1-5.  What is the cash flow from salvage value in year 5?  Should the new machine be purchased? Why?  Year    Recovery allowance percentage  1           20% 2       32$ 3   19% 4        12% 5        11% 6    6%

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International Soup Company is considering replacing a canning machine. The old machine is being depreciated by the straight-line method over a 10-year recovery period from a depreciable cost basis of $120,000. The old machine has 5 years of remaining usable life, at which time its salvage value is expected to be zero, and it can be sold now for $40,000. This machine has a current book value of $60,000.

 

The purchase price of the new machine is $250,000. Employees were sent to a training course last year on how to use the new machine; this training cost $5,000. The new machine has a 5-year life and an expected salvage value of $25,000. Annual savings of electricity, labor, and materials from use of the new machine are estimated at $40,000. The company is in a 40 percent tax bracket and its cost of capital is 16 percent. The MACRS depreciation method will be used and the recovery percentages for assets with a 5-year class life are given below

  1. What is the initial cash outlay for the new machine? 
  2. Determine cash flows in years 1-5. 
  3. What is the cash flow from salvage value in year 5? 
  4. Should the new machine be purchased? Why? 

Year    Recovery allowance percentage 

1           20%

2       32$

3   19%

4        12%

5        11%

6    6%

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