Question: Cost Accounting - NPV - Please help answer the (1) blank Lawson Company is considering production of an electronic tablet with the following associated data:

Cost Accounting - NPV - Please help answer the (1) blank

Lawson Company is considering production of an electronic tablet with the following associated data:

Expected annual revenues, $1,541,000.
A projected product life cycle of five years.
Equipment, $1,631,000 with a salvage value of $195,000 after five years.
Expected increase in working capital, $200,000 (recoverable at the end of five years).
Annual cash operating expenses are estimated at $868,000.
The required rate of return is 10 percent.

(Will need to use a present value table)

1. Estimate the annual cash flows for the tablet project by completing the following table: Cash outflows may be entered as negative numbers.
Year Item Cash Flow
0 Equipment $ -1,631,000
Working capital -200,000
Total $ -1,831,000
1-4 Revenues $ 1,541,00
Operating expenses -868,000
Total $ 673,000
5 Revenues $ 1,541,000
Operating expenses -868,000
Salvage 195,000
Recovery of working capital 200,000
Total $ 1,068,000
2. Using the estimated cash flows, calculate the NPV (round the discount factor to three decimal places and the present values to the nearest dollar):
NPV = $ BLANK Please round as required

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