Question: Buckingham Packaging is considering expanding its production capacity by purchasing a new machine, the x C - 7 5 0 . The cost of the

Buckingham Packaging is considering expanding its production capacity by purchasing a new machine, the xC-750. The
cost of the XC-750 is $2.25 million. Unfortunately, installing this machine will take several months and will partially
disrupt production. The firm has just completed a $50,000 feasibility study to analyze the decision to buy the xC-750,
resulting in the following estimates:
Marketing: Once the XC-750 is operating next year, the extra capacity is expected to generate $10.5 million per year in
additional sales, which will continue for the 10-year life of the machine.
Operations: The disruption caused by the installation will decrease sales by $5 million this year (year 0). Once the
machine is operating next year, the cost of goods for the products produced by the XC-750 is expected to be 70% of
their sale price. The increased production will require additional inventory on hand of $2.0 million, to be added in year 0
and depleted in year 10.
Human Resources: The expansion will require additional sales and administrative personnel at a cost of $2 million per
year.
Accounting: The XC-750 has a CCA rate of 45% and no salvage value is expected. The firm expects receivables from
the new sales to be 10% of revenues and payables are expected to be 10% of the cost of goods sold. Buckingham's
marginal corporate tax rate is 33%.
a. Determine the incremental earnings (using CCA ) from the purchase of the XC-750.
b. Determine the free cash flow (including all CCA tax shield effects) from the purchase of the XC-750 for the first 10
years. (Hint: include the impact in year 11.) May need to use excel for calculations. For A please determine incremental earnings for each year from year 0-10 please.
 Buckingham Packaging is considering expanding its production capacity by purchasing a

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