ACCT $2123-$ END OF TERM ASSIGNMENT $($NOTE: This is a REQUIRED assignment, NOT a bonus assignment. This assignment is due by $11$:$59$ p$.$m$.$ on Saturday, March $15.$ Please attach your solution$($s$)$ in an email to me by the March $15$ deadline. The assignment is worth $30$ points.$)$

Lisa Craft has been the Chief Financial Officer $($CFO$)$ for Alco Manufacturing for nearly $20$ years. Alco Manufacturing owns the factory building that houses its operations, but the company's production levels are nearing maximum capacity for the factory building's size. The company is considering expanding and possibly constructing a new larger factory building to house all of its operations. Construction of the new factory building is expected to cost $$7,500,000,$ and the building is expected to have a $14-$year life. Joshua Williams, the company's Chief Executive Officer $($CEO$),$ has asked Lisa to "run the numbers" and come up with a recommendation for approval or rejection of the expansion project to be presented to the company's board of directors. Mr$.$ Williams reminds Lisa that the company must have a rate of return of at least $6\%$ on the investment: After carefully analyzing the numbers, Lisa estimates that the expansion project could produce maximum additional future annual cash flows of $$800,000.$ The present value factors from the Present Value of an Annuity of $$1$ Table for $14$ periods are as follows:

Periods

$q,4\%q,5\%q,6\%7\%1410\mathrm{.}5631$

$9\mathrm{.}8986$

$9\mathrm{.}2950$

$8\mathrm{.}7455$

REQUIRED:

Calculate the Net Present Value $($NPV$)$ of the expansion project. Assume that the factory building will have no salvage value. Show all of your calculations. $(4$ points possible.$)$

Calculate the Internal Rate of Return $($IRR$)$ for the expansion project. Show all of your calculations. $(4$ points possible.$)$

Based on the results of your NPV and IRR calculations above, should Lisa recommend approval or rejection of the expansion project? Provide explanations for your answer. $(4$ points possible.$)$

Lisa's sister, Paula, has just started up a new construction company that specializes in the construction of commercial buildings. Lisa is extremely eager to see her sister's company get off the ground and become successful. Five years ago, Paula's husband was severely injured during combat while serving with theACCT $2123-$ END OF TERM ASSIGNMENT $($NOTE: This is a REQUIRED assignment, NOT a bonus assignment. This assignment is due by $11$:$59$ p$.$m$.$ on Saturday, March $15.$ Please attach your solution$($s$)$ in an email to me by the March $15$ deadline. The assignment is worth $30$ points.$)$

Lisa Craft has been the Chief Financial Officer $($CFO$)$ for Alco Manufacturing for nearly $20$ years. Alco Manufacturing owns the factory building that houses its operations, but the company's production levels are nearing maximum capacity for the factory building's size. The company is considering expanding and possibly constructing a new larger factory building to house all of its operations. Construction of the new factory building is expected to cost $$7,500,000,$ and the building is expected to have a $14-$year life. Joshua Williams, the company's Chief Executive Officer $($CEO$),$ has asked Lisa to "run the numbers" and come up with a recommendation for approval or rejection of the expansion project to be presented to the company's board of directors. Mr$.$ Williams reminds Lisa that the company must have a rate of return of at least $6\%$ on the investment: After carefully analyzing the numbers, Lisa estimates that the expansion project could produce maximum additional future annual cash flows of $$800,000.$ The present value factors from the Present Value of an Annuity of $$1$ Table for $14$ periods are as follows:

Periods

$q,4\%q,5\%q,6\%7\%1410\mathrm{.}5631$

$9\mathrm{.}8986$

$9\mathrm{.}2950$

$8\mathrm{.}7455$

REQUIRED:

Calculate the Net Present Value $($NPV$)$ of the expansion project. Assume that the factory building will have no salvage value. Show all of your calculations. $(4$ points possible.$)$

Calculate the Internal Rate of Return $($IRR$)$ for the expansion project. Show all of your calculations. $(4$ points possible.$)$

Based on the results of your NPV and IRR calculations above, should Lisa recommend approval or rejection of the expansion project? Provide explanations for your answer. $(4$ points possible.$)$

Lisa's sister, Paula, has just started up a new construction company that specializes in the construction of commercial buildings. Lisa is extremely eager to see her sister's company get off the ground and become successful. Five years ago, Paula's husband was severely injured during combat while serving with the