Question: need help with this question in its entirety please! IntegrativeDetermining relevant cash flows Lombard Company is contemplating the purchase of a new high-speed widget grinder
need help with this question in its entirety please!
IntegrativeDetermining relevant cash flows Lombard Company is contemplating the purchase of a new high-speed widget grinder to replace the existing grinder. The existing grinder was purchased 2 years ago at an installed cost of $55,500; it was being depreciated under MACRS using a 5-year recovery period. The existing grinder is expected to have a usable life of 5 more years. The new grinder costs $105,900 and requires $5,500 in installation costs; it has a 5-year usable life and would be depreciated under MACRS using a 5-year recovery period. Lombard can currently sell the existing grinder for $69,800 without incurring any removal or cleanup costs. To support the increased business resulting from purchase of the new grinder, accounts receivable would increase by $40,600, inventories by $29,100, and accounts payable by $57,200. At the end of 5 years, the existing grinder is expected to have a market value of zero; the new grinder would be sold to net $29,200 after removal and cleanup costs and before taxes. The firm pays taxes at a rate of 40% on both ordinary income and capital gains. The estimated profits before depreciation and taxes over the 5 years for both the new and the existing grinder are shown in the following table. (Table 3.2 on page 100 contains the applicable MACRS depreciation percentages.)
| earnings before depreciation, interest, and taxes. | |||||
| year | new grinder | existing grinder | |||
| 1 | 42800 | 27000 | |||
| 2 | 42800 | 25000 | |||
| 3 | 42800 | 23000 | |||
| 4 | 42800 | 21000 | |||
| 5 | 42800 | 19000 | |||
a. calculate the initial investment associated with the replacement of the existing grinder by the new one,
b. determine the operating cash inflows associated with the proposed grinder replacement. (note: be sure to consider the depreciation in year 6)
c. determine the terminal cash flow expected at the end of year 5 from the proposed grinder replacement
d. depict on a timeline the relevant cash flows associated with the proposed grinder replacement decision.
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