Principles of Corporate Finance (Mcgraw-hill/Irwin Series in Finance, Insurance, and Real Estate)
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Author: Richard A Brealey, Stewart C Myers, Franklin Allen
Publisher: McGraw-Hill Education
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Chapter 6, Problem 1PS
Cash flows* Which of the following should be treated as incremental cash flows when deciding whether to invest in a new manufacturing plant? The site is already owned by the company, but existing buildings would need to be demolished.
- a. The market value of the site and existing buildings.
- b. Demolition costs and site clearance.
- c. The cost of a new access road put in last year.
- d. Lost earnings on other products due to executive time spent on the new facility.
- e. A proportion of the cost of leasing the president’s jet airplane.
- f. Future
depreciation of the new plant. - g. The reduction in the corporation’s tax bill resulting from tax depreciation of the new plant.
- h. The initial investment in inventories of raw materials.
- i. Money already spent on engineering design of the new plant.
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Summary Introduction
To determine: The items that must be treated as incremental cash flows at the time of taking decision on whether to invest in a new manufacturing plant.
Incremental cash flow is the extra operating cash flow that a firm receives from taking on a new project.
Sunk cost is a cost which is already incurred or met by the firm and it cannot able to recover.
Non-cash expenses are the expenses for which there is no exact cash outflow is happening but it is recorded in the books of accounts.
Explanation of Solution
Determine the items which can be treated as incremental cash flow:
| Item name | Category |
| a | Incremental cash flow |
| b | Incremental cash flow |
| c | Sunk cost |
| d | Incremental cash flow |
| e | Overhead cost |
| f | Non-cash expense |
| g | Incremental cash flow |
| h | Incremental cash flow |
| i | Sunk cost |
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