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A company is considering investing in a capital project that requires an amount of $30,000 and is 6 years old, and the investment cost will be amortized for accounting and tax purposes over a period of 6 years

Finance Dec 09, 2020

A company is considering investing in a capital project that requires an amount of $30,000 and is 6 years old, and the investment cost will be amortized for accounting and tax purposes over a period of 6 years. At a rate of $5,000 annually and without scrap, the annual net flows from the project before calculating the income tax amount to $10,000 , and the income tax rate is 40% to be paid at the end of each year, and the required annual rate of return on the project is 15%.

Required: Answer the following questions with clarification .

1- The project's accounting rate of return after tax is:

a)10% b)16.67% c)26.67% d)33.33%.

2- The amount of the payback period after income tax for the project amounts to:

a) 5 years b) 3.75 years c) 3.33 years d) 2 years.  

3- The net present value of the investment project is:

a) ($7290) b) $280 c) $7850 d) $11760  

Expert Solution

  • Answers

    1) c -26.67%

    2) b -3.75 years

    3) b $ 280

    Workings

                 
      Data Given in Question          
    a Initial Investment amount $ 30000        
    b Investment Period 6 Years        
    c Annual amortization amount $ 5000        
    d Annual net flows before tax $ 10000        
    e Income tax rate 40%        
    f Required annual rate of return 15%        
      Answer          
    1 Project Accounting Rate of Return after tax is c) 26.67 as calculated below  
      Calculations          
      Annual Net flowsafter tax $        
      Annual net flows before tax 10000        
      Less: Annual Amortization 5000        
      Net Profit 5000        
      Less: Tax @40% on net profit 2000        
      Profit after tax 3000        
      Add Annual amortization 5000        
      Net flows after tax 8000        
                 
      Accounting Rate of Return = Net Inflows after tax/Initial Investment X100  
      ie 8000/30000 x 100      
        26.66667        
                 
    2 Payback period after income tax is b) 3.75 years      
                 
      Calculations          
      Payback period = Investment/Estimated net cash inflow    
      30000/8000=3.75          
                 
    3 Net Present value of investment project is b) $280      
                 
      Calculations          
      Net present Values =Present Value of Cash inflows - Present value of Cash out flows
      Present value of Cash out flows = Initial Investment = $ 30000    
      Present value of Cash in flows is calculated below      
        Cash flow PV Factor Present Value    
      Year 1 8000 0.8696 6956.8    
      Year 2 8000 0.7562 6049.6    
      Year 3 8000 0.6576 5260.8    
      Year 4 8000 0.5718 4574.4    
      Year 5 8000 0.4972 3977.6    
      Year 6 8000 0.4323 3458.4    
      Present Value of Cash inflows     30277.6    
                 
      Therefore Net Present Value = 30277.6 - 30000      
      ie 277.6 or rouded to $ 280          
                 
                 
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