The marketing department has proposed selling your company's product line in a new export market. Production equipment

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The marketing department has proposed selling your company's product line in a new export market. Production equipment (Class 43) with a CCA rate of 30% costing $100,000 will be needed, as will installation and training estimated at $10,000 each. These costs will all occur at time 0. Project cash flows before tax are forecast to be $40,000 per year over the 4-year project life. An initial investment in net working capital of $4,000 will be needed, and each year net working capital will increase by $2,000. The equipment will likely be obsolete at the end of the 4 years, so no salvage value is forecast. The company's tax rate is 25%, and its cost of capital is 11%.
a. Should the company sell into the new market?
b. What is the project's NPV if the equipment had a salvage value of $20,000?
c. Assuming no salvage value, what is the NPV if the CCA rate is 10%? Salvage Value
Salvage value is the estimated book value of an asset after depreciation is complete, based on what a company expects to receive in exchange for the asset at the end of its useful life. As such, an asset’s estimated salvage value is an important...
Cost Of Capital
Cost of capital refers to the opportunity cost of making a specific investment . Cost of capital (COC) is the rate of return that a firm must earn on its project investments to maintain its market value and attract funds. COC is the required rate of...
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Financial Management Theory and Practice

ISBN: 978-0176517304

2nd Canadian edition

Authors: Eugene Brigham, Michael Ehrhardt, Jerome Gessaroli, Richard Nason

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