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Solutions To Chapter 8 Using Discounted Cash-Flow Analysis To Make Investment Decisions
Solutions To Chapter 8 Using Discounted Cash-Flow Analysis To Make Investment Decisions
1. Net income = ($74 $42 $10) [0.35 ($74 $42 $10)] =$22 $7.7 = $14.3 million
revenues cash expenses taxes paid = $74 $42 $7.7 = $24.3 million
after-tax profit + depreciation = $14.3 + $10 = $24.3 million
(revenues cash expenses) (1 tax rate) + (depreciation tax rate)
= ($32 0.65) + ($10 0.35) = $24.3 million
3. Net income = ($7 $4 $1) [0.35 ($7 $4 $1)] = $2 $0.7 = $1.3 million
revenues cash expenses taxes paid = $3 $0.7 = $2.3 million
after-tax profit + depreciation = $1.3 + $1.0 = $2.3 million
(revenues cash expenses) (1 tax rate) + (depreciation tax rate)
= ($3 0.65) + ($1 0.35) = $2.3 million
4. While depreciation is a non-cash expense, it has an impact on net cash flow because of its
impact on taxes. Every dollar of depreciation expense reduces taxable income by one dollar,
and thus reduces taxes owed by $1 times the firm's marginal tax rate. Accelerated
depreciation moves the tax benefits forward in time, and thus increases the present value of
the tax shield, thereby increasing the value of the project.
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6. Revenue $160,000
Rental costs 30,000
Variable costs 50,000
Depreciation 10,000
Pretax profit 70,000
Taxes (35%) 24,500
Net income $45,500
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11. a.
Book value
Year MACRS(%) Depreciation (end of year)
1 20.00 $8,000 $32,000
2 32.00 12,800 19,200
3 19.20 7,680 11,520
4 11.52 4,608 6,912
5 11.52 4,608 2,304
6 5.76 2,304 0
b. If the machine is sold for $22,000 after 3 years, the sales price exceeds book
value by: $22,000 – $11,520 = $10,480
After-tax proceeds are: $22,000 – (0.35 $10,480) = $18,332
12. a. If the office space would have remained unused in the absence of the proposed project,
then the incremental cash outflow from allocating the space to the project is effectively
zero. The incremental cost of the space used should be based on the cash flow given
up by allocating the space to this project rather than some other use.
b. One reasonable approach would be to assess a cost to the space equal to the rental
income that the firm could earn if it allowed another firm to use the space. This is the
opportunity cost of the space.
17. Using the seven-year ACRS depreciation schedule, after five years the machinery will be
written down to 22.31% of its original value: 0.2231 $10 million = $2.231 million
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If the machinery is sold for $4.5 million, the sale generates a taxable gain of: $2.269 million
This increases the firm’s tax bill by: 0.35 $2.269 = $0.79415 million
Thus: total cash flow = $4.5 – $0.79415 = $3.70585 million
18. a. All values should be interpreted as incremental results from making the purchase.
Earnings before depreciation $1,500
Depreciation 1,000
Taxable income 500
Taxes 200
Net income 300
+ Depreciation 1,000
Operating CF $1,300 in years 1–6
Net cash flow at time 0 is: –$6,000 + [$2,000 (1 – 0.40)] = –$4,800
19. If the firm uses straight-line depreciation, the present value of the cost of buying, net
of the annual depreciation tax shield (which equals $1,000 0.40 = $400), is:
$6,000 – [$400 annuity factor(16%, 6 years)] = $4,526.11
The equivalent annual cost, EAC, is therefore determined by:
EAC annuity factor(16%, 6 years) = $4,526.11 EAC = $1,228.34
Note: this is the equivalent annual cost of the new washer, and does not include any of
the washer's benefits.
20. a. In the following table, we compute the impact on operating cash flows by
summing the value of the depreciation tax shield (depreciation tax rate) plus the
net-of-tax improvement in operating income [$20,000 (1 – tax rate)]. Although
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the MACRS depreciation schedule extends out to 4 years, the project will be
terminated when the machine is sold after 3 years, so we need to examine cash
flows for only 3 years.
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Operating Contribution to
Depreciation income operating cash
MACRS Depreciation 0.035 (1 – 0.35) flow
0.3333 $13,332 $4,666.20 $13,000 $17,666.20
0.4445 17,780 6,223.00 13,000 19,223.00
0.1481 5,942 2,073.40 13,000 15,073.40
0.0741
b. Total cash flow = Operating cash flow + cash flow associated with investments
At time 0, the cash flow from the investment is: $40,000
When the grill is sold at the end of year 3, its book value will be $2,964, so the
sale price, net of tax, will be: $10,000 [0.35 ($10,000 $2,964]) = $7,537.40
Therefore, total cash flows are:
Time Cash Flow
0 $40,000.00
1 17,666.20
2 19,223.00
3 22,610.80 [= 15,073.40 + 7,537.40]
c. The net present value of this cash flow stream, at a discount rate of 12 percent, is
$7,191.77, which is positive. So the grill should be purchased.
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22. a. The present value of the cost of buying is:
$25,000 – [$5,000/(1.12)5 ] = $22,162.87
The cost of leasing (assuming that lease payments are made at the end of each
year) is:
$5,000 annuity factor(12%, 5 years) = $18,023.88
Leasing is less expensive.
23. The initial investment is $100,000 for the copier plus $10,000 in working capital, for a
total outlay of $110,000.
Depreciation expense = ($100,000 $20,000)/5 = $16,000 per year
The project saves $20,000 in annual labor costs, so the net operating cash flow
(including the depreciation tax shield) is:
$20,000 (1 0.35) + ($16,000 0.35) = $18,600
In year 5, the copier is sold for $30,000, which generates net-of-tax proceeds of:
$30,000 (0.35 $10,000) = $26,500
In addition, the working capital associated with the project is freed up, which releases
another $10,000 in cash. So, non-operating cash flow in year 5 totals $36,500.
The NPV is thus:
NPV = $110,000 + [$18,600 annuity factor(8%, 5 years)] + [$36,500/(1.08) 5]
= $110,000 + $99,105.69 = $10,894.31
Because NPV is negative, Kinky’s should not buy the new copier.
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Since the operating costs are the same, then Do-It-Right is preferred because it has the
lower EAC.
25.
All figures in thousands
0 1 2 3 4
Net working capital $176 $240 $112 $40 $0
Investment in NWC 176 64 128 72 40
Investment in plant &
equipment 200 0 0 0 0
Cash flow from
investment activity $376 $64 +$128 +$72 +$40
27. If the savings are permanent, then the inventory system is worth $250,000 to the firm.
The firm can take $250,000 out of the project now without ever having to replace it.
So the most the firm should be willing to pay is $250,000.
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28. All cash flows are in millions of dollars. Sales price of machinery in year 5 is shown
on an after-tax basis as a positive cash flow on the capital investment line.
Cash flow calculations are as follows:
YEAR: 0 1 2 3 4 5
Sales (traps) 0.00 0.50 0.60 1.00 1.00 0.60
Revenue 0.00 2.00 2.40 4.00 4.00 2.40
Working capital 0.20 0.24 0.40 0.40 0.24 0.00
Change in Wk Cap 0.20 0.04 0.16 0.00 –0.16 –0.24
Revenue 0.00 2.0000 2.4000 4.0000 4.0000 2.4000
Expense 0.00 0.7500 0.9000 1.5000 1.5000 0.9000
Depreciation 0.00 1.2000 1.2000 1.2000 1.2000 1.2000
Pretax profit 0.00 0.0500 0.3000 1.3000 1.3000 0.3000
Tax 0.00 0.0175 0.1050 0.4550 0.4550 0.1050
After-tax profit 0.00 0.0325 0.1950 0.8450 0.8450 0.1950
CF from operations 0.00 1.2325 1.3950 2.0450 2.0450 1.3950
Cash flow
CF: capital investments –6.00 0.0000 0.0000 0.0000 0.0000 0.3250
CF from wk cap –0.20 –0.0400 –0.1600 0.0000 0.1600 0.2400
CF from operations 0.00 1.2325 1.3950 2.0450 2.0450 1.3950
Total –6.20 1.1925 1.2350 2.0450 2.2050 1.9600
PV @ 12% –6.20 1.0647 0.9845 1.4556 1.4013 1.1122
Net present value –0.1817
29. If working capital requirements were only one-half of those in the previous problem, then
the working capital cash flow forecasts would change as follows:
Year: 0 1 2 3 4 5
Original forecast –0.20 –0.04 –0.16 0.0 +0.16 +0.24
Revised forecast –0.10 –0.02 –0.08 0.0 +0.08 +0.12
Change in cash flow +0.10 +0.02 +0.08 0.0 –0.08 –0.12
The PV of the change in the cash flow stream (at a discount rate of 12%) is: $0.0627 million
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b. The project saves $10 million in expenses, and increases sales by $25 million.
Depreciation expense for the new machine would be $50 million per year. Therefore,
including the depreciation tax shield, operating cash flow increases by:
($25 + $10) (1 0.35) + ($50 0.35) = $40.25 million per year
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Solution to Minicase for Chapter 8
The spreadsheet on the next page shows the cash flows associated with the project.
Rows 1 – 10 replicate the data in Table 8-6, with the exception of the substitution of
MACRS depreciation for straight-line depreciation.
Row 12 (capital investment) shows the initial investment of $1.5 million in refurbishing the
plant and buying the new machinery.
When the project is shut down after five years, the machinery and plant will be worthless.
But they will not be fully depreciated. The tax loss on each will equal the book value since
the market price of each asset is zero. Therefore, tax savings in year 5 (rows 14 and 15)
equals:
0.35 book value (i.e., original investment minus accumulated depreciation)
The investment in working capital (row 13) is initially equal to $300,000, but in year 5,
when the project is shut down, the investment in working capital is recouped.
If the project goes ahead, the land cannot be sold until the end of year 5. If the land is sold
for $600,000 (as Mr. Tar assumes it can be), the taxable gain on the sale is $590,000, since
the land is carried on the books at $10,000. Therefore, the cash flow from the sale of the
land, net of tax at 35%, is $393,500.
The total cash flow from the project is given in row 17. The present value of the cash flows,
at a 12% discount rate, is $716,400.
If the land can be sold for $1.5 million immediately, the after-tax proceeds will be:
$1,500,000 – [0.35 ($1,500,000 – $10,000)] = $978,500
So it appears that immediate sale is the better option.
However, Mr. Tar may want to reconsider the estimate of the selling price of the land five
years from now. If the land can be sold today for $1,500,000 and the inflation rate is 4%, then
perhaps it makes more sense to assume it can be sold in 5 years for:
$1,500,000 1.045 = $1,825,000
In that case, the forecasted after-tax proceeds of the sale of the land in five years increases to
$1,190,000, which is $796,500 higher than the original estimate of $393,500; the present value
of the proceeds from the sale of the land increases by: $796,500/1.12 5 = $452,000
Therefore, under this assumption, the present value of the project increases from the original
estimate of $716,400 to a new value of $1,168,400, and in this case the project is more
valuable than the proceeds from selling the land immediately.
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Year 0 1 2 3 4 5
1. Yards sold 100.00 100.00 100.00 100.00 100.00
2. Price per yard 30.00 30.00 30.00 30.00 30.00
3. Revenue 3,000.00 3,000.00 3,000.00 3,000.00 3,000.00
4. Cost of goods sold 2,100.00 2,184.00 2,271.36 2,362.21 2,456.70
5. Operating cash flow 900.00 816.00 728.64 637.79 543.30
6. Depreciation on machine* 200.00 320.00 192.00 115.20 115.20
7. Depreciation on Plant** 50.00 90.00 72.00 57.60 46.10
8. Income (5 – 6 – 7) 650.00 406.00 464.64 464.99 382.00
9. Tax at 35% 227.50 142.10 162.62 162.75 133.70
10. Net Income 422.50 263.90 302.02 302.24 248.30
11. Cash flow from operations 672.50 673.90 566.02 475.04 409.60
We compare the NPV of the project to the value of an immediate sale of the land. This treats
the problem as two competing mutually exclusive investments: sell the land now versus
pursue the project. The investment with higher NPV is selected. Alternatively, we could
treat the after-tax cash flow that can be realized from the sale of the land as an opportunity
cost at year 0 if the project is pursued. In that case, the NPV of the project would be reduced
by the initial cash flow given up by not selling the land. Under this approach, the decision
rule is to pursue the project if the NPV is positive, accounting for that opportunity cost. This
approach would result in the same decision as the one we have presented.
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