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Condo Corporation has provided the following information concerning a capital budgeting project: The expected life of the project and the equipment is 3 years and the equipment has zero salvage value. The company uses straight-line depreciation on all equipment and the depreciation expense on the equipment would be $160,000 per year. Assume cash flows occur at the end of the year except for the initial investments. The company takes income taxes into account in its capital budgeting. The net annual operating cash inflow is the difference between the incremental sales revenue and incremental cash operating expenses.Click here to view Exhibit 14B-1, to determine the appropriate discount factor(s) using the table provided.Required:Determine the net present value of the project. Show your work!

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Buy-Rite Pharmacy has purchased a small auto for delivering prescriptions. The auto was purchased for $31,000 and will have a 6-year useful life and a $4,300 salvage value. Delivering prescriptions (which the pharmacy has never done before) should increase gross revenues by at least $32,300 per year. The cost of these prescriptions to the pharmacy will be about $25,600 per year. The pharmacy depreciates all assets using the straight-line method. The payback period for the auto is closest to (Ignore income taxes.) : (Round your answer to 1 decimal place.)

A) 4.6 years
B) 4 years
C) 5.3 years
D) 3.8 years

E) None of the above
F) A) and B)

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The management of Kinion Corporation is considering the purchase of a machine that would cost $170,000, would last for 4 years, and would have no salvage value. The machine would reduce labor and other costs by $60,000 per year. The company requires a minimum pretax return of 12% on all investment projects. (Ignore income taxes.):Click here to view Exhibit 14B-1 and Exhibit 14B-2, to determine the appropriate discount factor(s) using the tables provided.Required:Determine the net present value of the project.

Mulford Corporation has provided the following information concerning a capital budgeting project: The company's income tax rate is 30% and its after-tax discount rate is 12%. The working capital would be required immediately and would be released for use elsewhere at the end of the project. The company uses straight-line depreciation on all equipment. Assume cash flows occur at the end of the year except for the initial investments. The company takes income taxes into account in its capital budgeting.The income tax expense in year 2 is:

Truskowski Corporation has provided the following information concerning a capital budgeting project: The company uses straight-line depreciation on all equipment; the annual depreciation expense will be $60,000. Assume cash flows occur at the end of the year except for the initial investments. The company takes income taxes into account in its capital budgeting.Click here to view Exhibit 14B-1 to determine the appropriate discount factor(s) using table.The net present value of the project is closest to:

Joanette, Incorporated, is considering the purchase of a machine that would cost $240,000 and would last for 5 years, at the end of which, the machine would have a salvage value of $48,000. The machine would reduce labor and other costs by $62,000 per year. Additional working capital of $7,000 would be needed immediately, all of which would be recovered at the end of 5 years. The company requires a minimum pretax return of 17% on all investment projects. (Ignore income taxes.)Click here to view Exhibit 14B-1 and Exhibit 14B-2, to determine the appropriate discount factor(s) using the tables provided.Required:Determine the net present value of the project.

The assumption that the cash flows from an investment project are reinvested at the company's discount rate applies to:

Almendarez Corporation is considering the purchase of a machine that would cost $320,000 and would last for 7 years. At the end of 7 years, the machine would have a salvage value of $51,000. By reducing labor and other operating costs, the machine would provide annual cost savings of $72,000. The company requires a minimum pretax return of 18% on all investment projects. (Ignore income taxes.) Click here to view Exhibit 14B-1 and Exhibit 14B-2, to determine the appropriate discount factor(s) using the tables provided.The net present value of the proposed project is closest to:

Perkins Corporation is considering several investment proposals, as shown below: If the profitability index is used, the ranking of the projects from most to least profitable would be:

A company anticipates incremental net income (i.e., incremental taxable income) of $20,000 in year 3 of a project. The company's tax rate is 30% and its after-tax discount rate is 8%.Click here to view Exhibit 14B-1 to determine the appropriate discount factor(s) using table.The present value of this future cash flow is closest to:

Penniston Corporation is considering a capital budgeting project that would require an initial investment of $630,000 and working capital of $73,000. The working capital would be released for use elsewhere at the end of the project in 3 years. The investment would generate annual cash inflows of $228,000 for the life of the project. At the end of the project, equipment that had been used in the project could be sold for $29,000. The company's discount rate is 12%. The net present value of the project is closest to:Click here to view Exhibit 14B-1 and Exhibit 14B-2, to determine the appropriate discount factor(s) using the tables provided.

Puello Corporation has provided the following data concerning an investment project that it is considering: Click here to view Exhibit 14B-1 and Exhibit 14B-2, to determine the appropriate discount factor(s) using the tables provided.The life of the project is 4 years. The company's discount rate is 8%. The net present value of the project is closest to:

Podratz Corporation has provided the following information concerning a capital budgeting project: The company uses straight-line depreciation on all equipment. Assume cash flows occur at the end of the year except for the initial investments. The company takes income taxes into account in its capital budgeting.The total cash flow net of income taxes in year 2 is:

Eison Corporation has provided the following information concerning a capital budgeting project: The company uses straight-line depreciation on all equipment.The income tax expense in year 3 is:

Vore Corporation is considering a capital budgeting project that involves investing $570,000 in equipment that would have a useful life of 3 years and zero salvage value. The net annual operating cash inflow, which is the difference between the incremental sales revenue and incremental cash operating expenses, would be $280,000 per year. The project would require a one-time renovation expense of $60,000 at the end of year 2. The company uses straight-line depreciation and the depreciation expense on the equipment would be $190,000 per year. Assume cash flows occur at the end of the year except for the initial investments. The company takes income taxes into account in its capital budgeting. The income tax rate is 30%. The after-tax discount rate is 8%.Click here to view Exhibit 14B-1, to determine the appropriate discount factor(s) using the table provided.Required:Determine the net present value of the project. Show your work!

Stockinger Corporation has provided the following information concerning a capital budgeting project: The company's income tax rate is 30% and its after-tax discount rate is 11%. The working capital would be required immediately and would be released for use elsewhere at the end of the project. The company uses straight-line depreciation on all equipment. Assume cash flows occur at the end of the year except for the initial investments. The company takes income taxes into account in its capital budgeting.The total cash flow net of income taxes in year 2 is:

Consider the following three investment opportunities:Project I would require an immediate cash outlay of $40,000 and would result in cash savings of $9,000 each year for 5 years.Project II would require cash outlays of $7,000 per year and would provide a cash inflow of $40,000 at the end of 5 years.Project III would require a cash outlay of $36,000 now and would provide a cash inflow of $60,000 at the end of 5 years. (Ignore income taxes.)Click here to view Exhibit 14B-1 and Exhibit 14B-2, to determine the appropriate discount factor(s) using the tables provided.Required:The discount rate is 10%. Use the net present value method to determine which, if any, of the three projects is acceptable.

Almendarez Corporation is considering the purchase of a machine that would cost $320,000 and would last for 7 years. At the end of 7 years, the machine would have a salvage value of $51,000. By reducing labor and other operating costs, the machine would provide annual cost savings of $72,000. The company requires a minimum pretax return of 18% on all investment projects. (Ignore income taxes.) Click here to view Exhibit 14B-1 and Exhibit 14B-2, to determine the appropriate discount factor(s) using the tables provided.The present value of the annual cost savings of $72,000 is closest to:

Lafromboise Corporation has provided the following information concerning a capital budgeting project: The working capital would be required immediately and would be released for use elsewhere at the end of the project. The company uses straight-line depreciation on all equipment. Assume cash flows occur at the end of the year except for the initial investments. The company takes income taxes into account in its capital budgeting.The total cash flow net of income taxes in year 3 is:

Chene Corporation has provided the following information concerning a capital budgeting project: The equipment will have a 4 year expected life and zero salvage value. The company's income tax rate is 30%, and the after-tax discount rate is 10%. The company uses straight-line depreciation on all equipment; the annual depreciation expense will be $59,000. Assume cash flows occur at the end of the year except for the initial investments. The company takes income taxes into account in its capital budgeting.Click here to view Exhibit 14B-1 to determine the appropriate discount factor(s) using table.The net present value of the project is closest to: (Round intermediate calculations and final answer to the nearest dollar amount.)